drawing

Recently at school Drew made the picture below.  It may not look like much, but as with most things from little kids there is a story behind it.  First, you'll note that the person on the left is smaller and is wearing a backpack.  Although hard to tell, both people in the picture are happy.  The person on the right is taller and has a belly button (note the mid-torso dot).  Also, the person on the right is thinking as evidenced by the thought bubble and the "thoughts" in the bubble. 

So what is this picture?  It is me picking Drew up from preschool . . . because he knows it is "the highlight of my day" to pick him up.  I am thinking how excited I am to see Drew.  Yeah, this drawing is getting saved!

School starts again

Drew loves to play with Legos.  He can spend hours making things and modifying them and moving them.   I love it because it reminds me of myself at his age!  Drew is fairly creative (in our highly subjective opinion) and does a nice job of coming up with Lego creations.  Here he is below putting the finishing touches on something.

This is Drew's Lego version of a combine harvester (picture below).  Not bad, eh?  Sometimes when he draws something or makes something with Legos we have to guess what it is.  With this one there was no guessing, we immediately knew.  Obviously, it helps that we know that things he likes!

Once Drew created a fire truck (with a ladder and platform) and had me guess what it was.  I was torn between guessing fire engine or cherry picker.  Sensing my indecision, Jana suggested Drew give me two options for what it was.  Drew said, "It's either a fire truck or a cherry picker."  So helpful!  After some examination on my part, I was able to make the correct guess.  How did I know what it was?  It had a red light on the top, so of course it was a fire truck.  I love four-year-old logic!  If it had an orange light on it, then it would have been a cherry picker.  Notice the orange warning lights below on top of the combine harvester.

Today was Drew's first day of four-year-old preschool.  He goes two days a week for five hours each day.  It's a big change for him to be in school five consecutive hours, so we've been pumping him up and getting excited about the big day.  Here Drew is out on our front porch at 7:20 a.m. all ready to get going. 

Kate had just gotten up (hence she looks a little rough) and desperately wanted a picture too. What's she carrying?  Her new lunch bag.  Drew has lunch at school and thus needed a lunch bag.  Drew already has a backpack that Kate is envious of his having, so we decided to allow her to have a lunch bag too.

Drew was asked to be the first "student of the day" in his class.  He does a great job listening to directions and leading other students in the class, so he was selected to show the other students how to be the student of the day.  Way to go Drew!  For show and share, which the student of the day gets to bring, Drew brought a fire truck and talked about how he wants to be a firefighter when he grows up.

Upon arriving at school, Drew hung up his lunch bag and backpack in his cubbyhole.

Our big guy ready for school to start.  And yes, he's a big guy.  Most of his class he's 2-3 inches taller than and some kids it's already up to 8 inches of difference.  He's clearly the dutch kid in the class!

Lest this post be too much Drew and not enough Kate, here's a picture of Kate playing tonight in our basement.  We had a great time!