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Thursday, August 20, 2009

A self portrait? No kidding?

TubaDad was upstairs giving Ro a bath (yes the girls are getting separate baths right now to protect TubaDad's sanity—more on that later) and I was hanging out with Ree in the family room. Well "hanging out" isn't quite accurate, to be honest. She was sitting on the little couch with some paper and crayons, and I was slouched on the big couch just zoning out after a reallyreallyreally long day. I wasn't ignoring her, but have to own up to not really paying attention as she scribbled away and asked various questions about hair, eyes, that sort of thing. So you can imagine my surprise when she suddenly said "I'm done. Yook, mama, it's me!" and handed me this:
ReeSelfPortrait_m_1s

Oh my gosh! Little sweetheart. It's her first self portrait, actually her first recognizable picture of anything, and is so crazy precious to me that I don't even have words. She signed her name and told me she was wearing her yellow shoes and those were her ears up on the top of her head. I'll treasure it always. Ro heard me making a big commotion about it, and later, when she came downstairs, said she wanted to draw herself too. She used all pink, because "I yike pink," and concentrated superduper hard on getting five fingers on one hand and making the "holes" (nostrils) in her nose. Adorable, especially in how different it is from her sister's!

RoSelfPortrait_m_1s

You know these are getting framed, right?

41 comments:

  1. Oh yea! They so need to be framed! What treasures!

    -Jen-

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  2. Those are BY FAR the best "Mommy Moments" that I have had with my boys. The first picture that my son Jack drew of me just made me melt into a puddle. Your girls did a great job! Yep, they are framers for sure!!! Way to go Ro and Ree! Keep up the great work girls!

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  3. Impressive. I can't wait until Casey can do that.

    Um, are you sure it isn't a picture of Ree in a yellow bikini?

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  4. What fantastic little artists you have! I love it :) (However, from a realism point of view, Ro's looks a lot like one of the 3 little pigs, hehe) ;p You should be very proud! They have really excellent fine motor skills for 3 year olds.

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  5. So precious!! Wow, Ree's has so much detail. Both are adorable!!

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  6. awww ... mama! this totally makes me smile.

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  7. So Cute!!

    I thought too that she put you in a yellow bikini! har!

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  8. Totally precious both of them.

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  9. Those are great and yes framing is quite suitable for these beautiful pieces. Enjoy!

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  10. These are Beautiful!
    Donna

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  11. Wow. Some of my 2ND GRADERS don't draw that well! They are totally precious!

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  12. Definitely for framing! I love kids' drawings. :)

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  13. Hey!
    I award you with the HONEST SCRAP AWARD

    http://daphnechantell.blogspot.com/2009/08/honest-scrap-award.html

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  14. Adorable! The second picture reminds me of the illustrations in the No David series by David Shannon. Maybe it's the nostril holes ... lol!

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  15. LOVE those pictures and the differences in them!! Perfect and yep destined for framing!!!

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  16. Yep. Framed and set on the mantle. It never ceases to amaze me how different 'identicals' can be. My two drew pictures of birds at the same age, one drew an owl with clothes and make up, the other drew a Blackbird, not a crow, but the SR-71 fastest airplane on Earth kind of blackbird. Ro and Ree will be waaaay ready for school next year.

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  17. Great job girls! Frame it for sure! Priceless!

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  18. LOVE those kinds of pictures! We have a few framed in our house...they are priceless pieces of artwork!

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  19. Anonymous8/20/2009

    those definately need framing!

    at my daughter's kindergarten screening, the only thing she didn't do was put ears on her face. Ree is years ahead of her time!! have you made a decision about kindergarten that you want to share? kara

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  20. Those are wonderful. And yes - I love the difference between them. Yet another reminder that they are very different people... definitely something to frame (ok, we didn't frame their first self portraits - but we hung them up in the house)

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  21. Anonymous8/20/2009

    When my 2 sons were about the age of your girls, they did their first portraits and I created copies of those portraits (which are in scrapbooks) into needlepoint portraits which to this day hang above my kitchen sink with the plaster of paris handprints they made when they entered kindergarten. I look at them every single day - many times a day - and they still make me smile over 30 years later. Enjoy your priceless treasures!

    Kat

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  22. Just grabs my heart!! So sweet!!

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  23. Anonymous8/20/2009

    Don't ya just love it!!!
    Judy G

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  24. I have a picture frame with each of the kids' art in it. They are my favourite pics in the house. I always keep their first recognizable pic, they're so sweet. But I also switch out the pics in the one long frame every year. They put their name and age on them. It's so cool to watch them get better and better. I heart kids' art. Nothing could be better. I have it all over my house.

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  25. Anonymous8/20/2009

    Very impressive, especially Marie's,and definitely frame them.

    As good, or even better often, are the descriptions children give to their pictures. Worth writing down on the back of each picture.

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  26. A treasure to keep forever for sure. I love them both.

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  27. Anonymous8/21/2009

    hahaha...they are so sweet..haha i like Ro's piece..her is v artistic!!!=]

    best wishes for ur family

    jinfeng

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  28. How wonderful! Both pieces are priceless works of art. Totally need framing and a place of honor. I love how very different the girls seem to be.
    Sweet!

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  29. I know you are, and so you should be, SO PROUD!

    These are brilliant!

    Jill

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  30. Those DEFINITELY need to be framed! Firsts are always cool... and those are great ones, too. Be sure to pencil in (on the back) that these were their first self-portraits, with the date. Because you will remember it, but they won't.

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  31. So cool! Thanks for sharing this neat moment.

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  32. That is so cute! I should put up the the pic Shayna drew of me. These girls are so amazing, aren't they?

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  33. Kristina8/23/2009

    Amazing at what each thought was so important....wonderful to see their writing and drawings change over time!

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  34. I think that is the cutest thing I have seen.

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  35. Just noticed I was logged in as my son again....plumptom is me, Laurel and Maylin

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  36. Oh wow- you've got a budding artist on your hands!

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  37. So darn cute!! Most definitely framing material!!

    Lisa

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