For the past couple of years, Arabelle has staunchly refused to wield a pencil or crayon of any kind. I was impatient for her to start drawing already because I knew she could draw all kinds of amazing things if she would only put her mind to it.
It was worth the wait :) (but so funny to compare it to Jeffrey's neat and precise little men that were the first things that he drew, at roughly the same age).
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| Arabelle also tends to mutilate her art after she completes it. Sadly I did not get a picture of this before the big "X", but at least I got a picture before she cut it up. This is a "pig girl with an ant body". Strangely, I can see it. |
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| A girl with a necklace and a beautiful dress. |
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| Jeffrey told Arabelle that this one looked like a vampire, and she got very upset. Evidently it was supposed to be a self-portrait. |
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| When she finally agreed to put pen to paper, it has been amazing to see what has come out. I knew she had memorized how to spell her name aloud, but I didn't realize that she actually knew how to form all the letters of her name (and the alphabet). |
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| A Crabboplin? |
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| Arabelle: The "R" and the "B" are thinking and thinking and thinking. Me: Why is that? Arabelle: Because their heads are so big. | |
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| Fish |
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| "Fishes with long hair like Rapunzel" |
I really like the pig girl with an ant body, and also what Arabelle said about the R and the B. That's really impressive that she knows how to write the alphabet. Clever girl.
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