Archive for the ‘lilia’ Category
Lilia and the Squirrel
Friday, September 10th, 2010We visited the Moravian Tile Works last weekend, where the potters showed Lilia how they press the clay to make tiles, and even let her put the signature stamp on the back. They also had a tile mosaic activity where you had to put together this squirrel tile:
The other day, Lilia and I went to the Morris Arboretum, and we noticed the same squirrel tile in the Oak Allee.
And I was reminded that we were here when Lilia was a baby!
Two Stories By Lilia
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010I don’t remember when she wrote these, but they are now pulled out of the notebook and floating around, so I don’t want to lose them. And by wrote, I mean “dictated to mommy”.
Butterflies
Butterflies start out as eggs.
They hatch and out comes a caterpillar.
They eat and eat.
More eating.
They eat lots of food. They crawl.
They are tired so they make a home on a branch.
Then out comes a butterfly.
Ladybugs
Ladybugs are so pretty people don’t think they are bugs.
They eat pest bugs. They stay in the grass so much. And
they have wings. And they can fly.
Lilia and the Trees 2010
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Lilia the artist
Thursday, April 29th, 2010When 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?
