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First Day of School

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Somehow five years have passed since I had my first baby meaning that baby is now a kindergartner!

We had to get a shot of the backpack:

Caroline has been desperate to be a kindergartner herself and therefore tried to insert her cute face into all the pictures I was taking of Brooke:

I was trying so hard to get a good shot of Brooke but she was making the funniest faces:

Brooke’s faces were causing my mom to laugh uncontrollably:

Finally a cute one:

Looking a little nervous as she had her before-school snack:

Parents were invited for orientation on the first day.  Here’s Brooke in her desk:

Here she is on the second day of school lined up against the wall ready to go in:

Brooke seems to like school so far.  She especially loves show and tell, choosing things from the treasure box, and playing with her new friend.  She’s in a French immersion program, so she occasionally surprises us by saying words or phrases in French.  I love it.

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Golden Art

I’ve been storing up kid artwork for a while, so here’s a post dedicated to our aspiring artists/graphic novelists.

Brooke’s school papers continue to be used (for better or for worse) as her sketch pad:

Holidays bring out her creativity:

She saw our bananas and couldn’t resist giving them a little personality:

And then we have the endless doodles and comics she draws on every scrap of paper she can find:

Caroline isn’t quite as prolific of an artist, but she does do cute drawings as well:

Spencer enjoys drawing also. Here we have a self portrait:

Another child who can’t resist doodling at school:

Spencer went through a phase where he was really into flags. He’d look up pictures of different flags and recreate them in miniature:

Lately Madison has been joining the artistic ranks.

Madison drew this one in church. Her friend Norah is sad, so she’s giving Norah a doll to make her happy:

This princess got caught in a rainstorm and wasn’t happy:

Madison brought this paper home from preschool. I was shocked at the adorableness of that zebra and had to text her preschool teacher to see if Madison actually drew that. Turns out she did draw it all by herself. It’s especially surprising how good her zebra is when you compare it to the other two animal blobs beside it.

One day we played Pictionary as a family. We told Madison she could draw whatever she wanted. The category was “animal.” She drew this:

After guessing every animal we could think of we finally asked Madison what it was. Her response? A giraffe. I continue to chuckle to myself every time I think of her neckless giraffe.

2 Comments

  1. Ann
    September 3, 2012 @ 1:48 am

    French! How fun!

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  2. Kim
    September 3, 2012 @ 11:11 am

    Okay–this gave me another belly laugh once again just reliving how hysterically funny posing for Kindergarten pictures really was. I know everyone would have to be there to believe it, but it was so funny I still can’t stop laughing about it. And I can’t believe Spencer just sat all cuddly on my lap while I laughed so loud and so long.

    Really–I’m still laughing. I can’t stop.

    You did get some cute ones of Brooke. I’ll have to give it to you.

    Perhaps my favorite pose was of her backpack when she put her nose smashed up to the wall for you to get a good picture.

    I’m still laughing. Honestly–I can’t stop. Glen is shaking his head at me. I can’t help it.

    Thanks for another good, and I mean good, laugh!!!!

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