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When Lilia came home from school yesterday, she asked to paint. I pulled out the new poster paints and set the paper up on her easel, and she painted whatever she wanted. She did flowers, an orange, railroad tracks, and a penguin. I took pictures of the flowers and the penguin. I think the penguin is about as good as something I could do now. Or even better. How did this happen so quickly? At Christmas, I was still drawing little circles for faces and having her draw in the features. But now… just look. Are these normal for a four-year old?

Someone told me it was Draw a Bird Day. Because I recently had some good news after hearing a woodpecker (apparently the two are related!), I asked Lilia to draw a woodpecker.

Here it is, a pencil drawing of a woodpecker, by Lilia:

For a muddled Wikipedia post about Draw a Bird Day, check this out.

Lilia just handed me a drawing of me. She even put an M on it for Mom.
I think this feeling is called swooning. I <3 that girl!