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Last week I officially entered the ranks of being a mother of a toddler who drew all over the walls.  I thought it was safe to leave Brooke unattended for two minutes while I went to the bathroom.  I was wrong.  I must never make that mistake again.

When leaving the bathroom I noticed a huge smudge on the wall.  Upon closer inspection I saw it was art.  I scolded Brooke and got a rag for her to help me clean it up.  Brooke immediately went to ANOTHER wall and started scrubbing.  That’s when I noticed THAT entire wall was covered with scribbles.

Today I was eating breakfast.  Brooke came into the kitchen and said, “Trouble.  I in trouble.”

I glanced her way thinking how cute she was.  It was then that I registered what she was saying…and I noticed that her hand wielded a black crayon.

Brooke walked me into the bedroom and showed me the TV.  The screen was covered in scribbles.  Brooke looked from me to the TV, threw her arms out wide and said proudly, “Ta da!”

Thank goodness for Magic Erasers.  If this keeps up, I’ll be buying stock.

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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.

6 Comments

  1. Kim
    August 27, 2009 @ 6:10 pm

    Would you say she’s in the “terrible twos” stage of life? Her “ta da” was hilarious, and look at her 3-word sentence, “I in trouble”. Let’s be happy her communication skills are improving as she is developing her artistic abilities.

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  2. Laurie
    August 27, 2009 @ 6:17 pm

    That’s too funny. Is trouble a positive word in her vocabulary? She sounded mighty proud.

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  3. Dallas
    August 27, 2009 @ 8:44 pm

    Laurie–

    That’s exactly what I’m afraid of…

    –Rebecca

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  4. Ann Richmond
    August 28, 2009 @ 10:59 am

    welcome to the wall-art club!! Our walls are terrible. 🙂 Magic Erasers are in constant demand here!!! 🙂

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  5. Glen
    August 29, 2009 @ 9:58 pm

    What no pictures of her art? Come now, show it off, maybe it would be worth something.

    Where on earth did she learn to draw on the wall?????

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  6. Evelyn
    September 1, 2009 @ 12:42 pm

    What a funny story!!! An artist in the making 🙂 Love her response about being in trouble! 😀

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