Sunday, June 15, 2014

Drawing progression

I love little kid pictures. I was looking over Luke's drawings/writing from the beginning of the year until now. It's amazing to see them evolve and see his skill set expand through his art work.


At first his people are a little bit scary looking  one hand has ten fingers and there aren't any words other than an attempt at his name. Also the background is mostly doodles.

 
A few months later, he's got his name down and the background is much more specific. This is our living room and I believe our family. Levi is the small figure, Luke has labeled himself, and I obviously have the long hair so that means Alan is flying above the couch. He's also attempting to "write" the story bit doesn't know anything beyond the alphabet. 

A few months after that, he's got word bubbles and his characters are displaying emotions. He didn't finish it but it's our family watching the Seahawks game. Now he's got words and sentences. His sentences help tell a story of what they are doing and an emotion(rocking). 

He's since moved on to a different type of story paper they use were you can see his penmanship improve. They also include multiple scenes.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Baby Gabriel

My brother Justin and his wife Naomi had there third and final child last month. It was her third c-section and she refused to come home unless they tied her tubes. Their other two kids are 11 (Marie) and 7 (Russell) so they haven't had a baby for quite a while. This is entertaining for me. This brings the count up to 6 boys and 2 girls. I think all of us are done except for Jordan. Let me tell you, it gets loud when we all get together.

Monday, December 23, 2013

My trouble maker

My baby is now one. It's bittersweet. Curious little Levi gets into everything. Which I find more entertaining than annoying most days. Though it can be quite exhausting to continually pick up after his path of destruction. He says a few words: mama, Dada, kitty, cup, shoe, and ball. Ball, by far, is his favorite. He points them out where ever we go. He understands more than he speaks. Waves bye-bye and hello. Points to whatever interests him. And looks to things/people you're talking about. He's very ticklish and loves to play with his big brother.