Rebecca is like one of those great Renaissance artists who seemingly has masterpieces in several mediums in just about every famous museum in every great city. She is never without inspiration or energy to create. As I sit on the front porch writing this while the kids play in the spinkler, she has painted her hands completely pink with wet sidewalk chalk and announced to me:
Look, now I am the art!
Self-portrait from Hillcrest MDO last summer.
A card she made for me
You'll notice the ninja/princess theme hasn't gone away. The left one she called "her poster" and she asked me to make 20 copies so we could put them around the neighborhood. Somehow I talked her out of it.
She tapped into her tomboy sensibilities to make this for Blake (Mel - did we ever deliver, send it to him?)
Life-sized.
Weather was another big theme.
She was working on copying the alphabet from little cards w/ pictures but was more interested in writing the whole word of the picture. Look long enough an you'll see it:
Ant, Ball, Cat, Eye, Frog, Giraffe...
A newer obsession - Ninja Turtle related art.
This hung in our playroom all year (fun paper frame - part of the paper) and I forget the exact significance but I remember that the Moose Day Show had been very significant.
Her princess flag.
Loves to type more than write. Me too.
Functional art gift bag. We gave Kyle his birthday present in this one and I saved it so we can give a gift to Rebecca on her birthday in it.
Box art. One of MANY.
You're familiar the parties she plans. Some of her lists - the 2nd she had me type for her.
Bee helped her with this one.
Rebecca is all about neighborhood involvement in her art - this was a sign she put on the front door thinking that anyone who came over could have some of her art - for free of course.
Rebecca's "cow squeezers" aka utters made from rubber/medical gloves filled with you-guessed-it milk. She made one and then decided it was so awesome she should make more and you-guessed-it sell them. I think she actually got distracted during this project so I didn't have to talk her out of it.
A sign she made to put up in the neighborhood to help find a missing cat that is not ours.
That same library thing w/ D/P - can you see the pic they took of her??? Who let her go out in public looking like that!? Grandparents...
A sweet Dahdo/Rebecca date that included a movie (she remembers which one and still talks about it but I can't remember).
My mother's day card
Art related to her turning 5
More princess art
Metomorphosis project from Ms. Laurie's class.
Rebecca took over the two small drawers in the console table in our entry way - they are filled with her nail polish and "hairdo" supplies (squirt bottle, q tips for curing your hair once she sprays it with water, towels to clean up the huge mess). She offers nail and hair services and made these signs for our front door. And charges very reasonable rates from $1-$6 depending on how much you love her and how gullible you are.
Fairy art
Okay, this is super special. This is the little album Ms. Laurie made for her to document their year together. It is a very special keep sake (yep, made it into the box). Funny part is when I was filing it I discovered that she had made one for Owen too - I kept it but it didn't occur to me to scan the pages and have it on the blog. Ms. Laurie and Rebecca had a very special bond - so chalk this up to one of the few things the 2nd born gets down for her that the first born didn't. ;)
So thankful for the time Rebecca spent at WPDS, particularly her last year w/ Ms. Laurie. It's one of the blessings of school to get to see your kids through someone else's eyes - to see how the parenting parenting challenges (e.g. art art everywhere) are really beatiful, God-given parts of her personality - and its a blessing to get to "deal" with them. :)
