My Little Artist

Luca has developed a pattern of being completely consumed with a particular activity for about 1-2 weeks and then dropping it and moving on to another. Past activities have included playdough, tinkertoys, rubber stamping and couch cushion forts. We are deep into coloring at the moment. Mostly markers, occasionally the crayons and less often the colored pencils. (She says those are for Madi. Which is true, colored pencils don't write on bodies or furniture very well and they're harder to ingest. So I have learned that they are the better choice for Madi. ;))

Luca doesn't just color her pictures either, they become very important artifacts. Sometimes they are displayed on the refrigerator in just the right way:

And sometimes they are folded very carefully and get carried around in plastic bags. And sometimes they are artfully displayed on the floor (I was emphatically informed that I was "messing it up" when I tried to straighten this pile):
The best thing about this current infatuation is that I'm actually seeing what she says she has drawn...most of the time. Here, with her hesitantly granted permission (she wasn't sure that the scanner wouldn't somehow ruin them) is a compilation of Luca's recent work:

This is "A Monster With Lots of Eyes" ( We think this comes from watching Monsters, Inc., and all of those little circles sure look like eyes to me!)

"Mommy With 5 Legs" (The purple something, top right. Why couldn't I have 5 arms instead?)

"An Octopus" (Well, yes!)

"Butterfly"

"A Leaf for Daddy" (And she signed her name across the bottom)

I love her little obsessions and can't wait to see what comes next! (Please, please, please not glue & glitter.)