One of Our Budding Artists

Kynzie has many gifts and talents... holding a writing utensil is not one of them just yet. But she loves to draw on her "arbie-doodle", and it seems to be great practice for her. One evening she came into the living room from playing quietly in her room. She was quite pleased with herself, and this is why:


And, just in case we couldn't be sure about what she'd drawn, she brought her 'model' out for us as well. This is a portrait of Strawberry Shortcake (or Strawberry Cortcake, as Kynzie calls her). You can see the likeness, right? The hat on her head?

The short story behind this is that when she was littler, Scott could entertain her for long stretches of time by drawing things on the Magna-doodle for her. She would pick various characters from her toy collection to bring to him for caricaturization. It was magical to her to watch Daddy replicate Woody or Cinderella with this drawing medium.

And now she has finally decided maybe she can do it too. That is what is super-sweet about it. She never would try it herself until now. I love watching our kids grow and learn new skills. It is a little bittersweet because it does go by so fast, but I wouldn't miss a moment like this for anything this world has to offer.