Over the past month or two Skyla has started churning out some pretty amazing artwork. She calls them her "projects" and she spends three or more hours a day, either at the counter or in her toy room or in her bedroom, working on her masterpieces. She definitely doesn't get her creativity from me, as everyone knows the Dohertys do not have the artistic gene. But Kevin is so proud of his artist-in-training, and a typical early morning finds her waking him up by whispering in his ear "Daddy, can we go do a project?" I come downstairs to find them at the kitchen table with things spread out and Skyla coloring in a sketch that Kevin has made of our family or our house. She has mastered scissors, glue sticks, and coloring completely in the lines (do I sound like an obnoxious bragging parent yet?). She's been bugging me to let her use tape for some kind of project she has in mind, but we're waiting on that one for a while. I'm just enjoying watching my three year old display way more artistic talent and creativity than I have as an adult. It's hard to throw away any of the "projects" because they are so much fun, but pretty soon we're going to have to make some tough choices. :-)
A recent masterpiece - Skyla made these pictures of our family with construction paper pieces, her glue stick & her crayons - all completely on her own one afternoon.
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