It is hard to get "still" pictures of me these days, because I am usually running around at lightning speed.
I know you are there, Momma, sneaking up on me with that silly camera... I will NOT look at you, but I can't help smiling a knowing smile.
Here I am spending some quality time with my Dad playing a game on the Wii. Well, mostly, my Dad is trying to play while I keep clicking over to the main menu....so drawing ("daw!") is one of my favorite things to do. My Momma got me some really cool fat short pencils that I love scribbling with. I can identify the colors "yeyow" "bwow" "bwoo" "ohhje" and "pupoh" when asked what color the pencil is, and can show you any color if you ask e.g. "Where is the red pencil?" I will hold the correct one up. My Momma and Dad are pretty proud of this, up until a few days ago, I just labelled everything as "yeyow!" when asked what color it was.
Anyway, my Momma finished her final graduate course two weeks ago, and so, instead of reading school books, has spent my nap time water coloring. Here are the pictures she painted. They will be framed and hung up in my new room in America!
This one is titled: "Oh-oh! Bwee-ya!" ...which is what I said when I saw the picture. It is of me when I was in the clinic for my hernia operation in December. My Momma sketched me running around the hallways in my hospital nighty and fireman's hat, and now turned it into a small water color.
This one is the first in the set of sleeping boy watercolors my Momma painted. She had to paint this one twice, because I drew all over the first one with a red crayon when she left the table to answer the phone.
Doesn't this one look cozy? The tattle-tale baby bear reminds me of my friend's big sister.
I know that not every Mom would be very excited at the prospect of her baby boy cuddling with a bunch of possums... but I think that old oak looks like a very good place to sleep. You can't see the mole peeping out of the ground at the bottom of the picture. Come visit us in Vancouver to see the original!
4 comments:
Oh my goodness you are so talented! What beautiful paintings.
Glad your momma is having so much fun. Thank her for us for the photos. 44 days....
Hi Katie!!! My gosh, your pictures are adorable! I love them! And I have to say a cheesy very late Thank You So Much for the Christmas gifts! I am still savoring my seashells - one every few days - and Demetrius is working his way through the book and really enjoying it!! You are so sweet and thoughtful, thank you! I am a loser for not getting anything in the mail, even a thank you card, but I've been so swamped at work and then using every spare minute at home to apply for jobs, look for houses, and update our own house. It's paid off, though - I just got hired at a great place in Vancouver, and I start in one month. The day I was offered the job, we accepted an offer on our house! Now we just need to get a place secured in Vancouver!! I need to email you but I think I only have your email address at my work computer argh. I will try to remember to email you on my lunch break tomorrow.
But I just had to write in real quick while I had a moment, and say thank you thank you thank you for the wonderful Christmas package!! We love you and are so excited to be living in the same city as you, next month!!! Ack!!! (We are planning to move over on March 20th, if not a day or two sooner. Depends on when we close on this house.)
love from the rogers!
Katie,
My, my, my!!! I LOVE those water-colors. When can you get some prints made up for your friends who will pay you monies for them, hmmmm??? Jocelyn liked them a lot...so did her mother. Okay, her mother liked them a lot, and Jocelyn liked trying to grab at the keyboard and papers on the computer desk while her mother looked at the pictures. Errgh. We are soo happy you made it safely to the States, and are looking forward to the summer when we can come visit you! Your family is soo precious, and I can't wait for Jocelyn to meet Mark...is he spoken for yet??? ( : JJ.
Love you all!
Holly
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