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Son’s drawing entitled “Godzilla, not a dragon”

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Entirely on his own, Son decided to copy down some place names from the wall map that hangs in our dining room. Some of the places he chose are kind of interesting. For example, Madagascar is the home of lemurs, his favorite animal, and Koalas (Daughter’s favorite animal) come from Australia.

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For the first time this season, we got enough snow to make a snowman. Even though that snowman is about 12 inches tall. And looks like a little pyramid.

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Perhaps it’s the unseasonably warm weather that prompted Son to draw this Christmas picture. That’s Daughter on the left and Son on the right, eating an ice cream cone which is dripping onto the ground.

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Rendering of the Mayflower by Son. Crayon, collage and watercolor on construction paper.

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That’s Son’s Vampire Pumpkin on the left, Daughter’s Witch on the right. Both are powered by electric light.

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Son brought home this frog on a lilly pad today. He tells me the purple scribble over the frog is from a crayon color check, it’s not really part of the composition.

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Son made this “trim little boat” out of a popsicle stick, yarn, and construction paper.

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E drew this last night. I think it’s a bee on a flower, but he has his own name for it.

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Son came up with this song from who-knows-where. The lyrics are cryptic, the melody is infectious. I like it! Marching, marching to the aisle April kisses Nightime (?) … Marching marching to the aisle!

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