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| Loralynn drew herself (left) and her sister Tana. Loralynn turned four years old at the end of October. |
I received a bag of Loralynn's artwork that she had done at German Kindergarten just before Christmas break. The artwork in this bag is three months worth of coloring and drawing her imagination. We finally got to sit down in her bedroom and go through it tonight before bedtime. It was such a precious time. It took about 30 minutes for her to go through all the papers. I don't think Loralynn has ever talked so much to me in one sitting as when she was describing her pictures. For almost all of them, she had a definite plan for her drawing and she remembered all of them as we looked at each picture. Dan was in our bedroom at the time and when I mentioned her showing several of them to Daddy, she excitedly rushed to explain them to him, too.
On the last day of school in December she also cut out snowflakes with her substitute teacher Claudia. She was very excited about showing them to me when I picked her up. Tonight I provided tape and she wanted to put two of them on Tana's bedroom windows and one on hers. She was very excited to show Tana the snowflakes on Tana's window.
Since vacation has started, Loralynn has been around for Tana's naptime. When school is in session, she typically isn't home during Tana's nap except on Saturday and Sunday. Several times during our trip in Sicily (when Tana was sleeping next to her in the car) and couple times at home, Loralynn has voiced that she really needs to wake up Tana to tell her something. It's sweet to hear indirectly that she misses her sister and thankfully, she doesn't wake Tana up until given permission.
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| Mailbox with a face like on Blues Clues. Loralynn's hand Turkey. |
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| "Books" that Loralynn glued together and drew in. |
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| Fish and humpback whale (right). 'Humpback whales and bumps on them." |
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| Diego's brother's (Sinnan?) house. Diego's mom and dad and Sinnan. Diego is hiding. |
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| "Sleeping Jesus with a rainbow" |
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| Loralynn's practice with letters. She knows these ones well. |
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| Metalic paper from Oma/Opa Wilson for Christmas |
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| Man with a yucky tummy. ("Noise in his tummy.") |
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| From left: Daddy, Mommy, Nutmeg, spiderweb. Loralynn & Tana are the fairies. |
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| From left: Daddy, Mommy, Loralynn, Tana. "They don't have enough brown for Nutmeg." |
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| Spiderweb. She drew several full sheets of webs and some spiders. |
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| Diego and Alicia's house. They are swimming in a boat. |
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| From left: Mama in a wedding dress and Daddy marrying her with a rainbow. |
