The most perfect Brachiosaurus

This afternoon Lucca announced that he wanted to draw a brachiosaurus for me. He had me pick a color then started.



This is the belly, with food inside. He stopped and got upset because it "wasn't good" (because he went outside the outline) and after fussing about it a bit he started over.



Again, he stopped and got upset, saying he wanted it to be "perfect." We talked about it, and I told him that nobody can draw a perfect brachiosaurus, because nobody's perfect. He decided that he wanted to start over again.



This time after drawing the belly outline, he brightly told me that wasn't going to draw the food. Ah, problem solved! He then drew the neck and head and one eye, but then things went south again because there wasn't room for the other eye, and he wanted them to be the same size. Again I offered some suggestions, but he wanted to start again. This time he told me not to look while he drew it.



And there it is! He proudly explained it to me, and pointed out the tree on the right for eating.

I think it's perfect.


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What's not to like?

The other day-

Lucca: do you like shiny things?
Me: yes, I do like shiny things.
Lucca: I *really* like shiny things.


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not because they're mythical. or green. or Irish.

Lucca: I'm interested in (ticking off on fingers): dinosaurs, fossils, crystals, sparkly stones, and gold. and trains.

I listed them back to him and forgot gold, and he reminded me, "and gold!"

Me: maybe you're part leprechaun.
L: what?
Me: maybe you're part leprechaun.
L: (laughing) no, mama! that's silly. leprechauns are so small!


(and also? "sparkly stones"? are you kidding me? that's cute.)

babies in a swing

Soren and his little buddy James yesterday at the park:










It reminds me of this.

morning question

"mama. would this be scary, if you fell in between the tectonic plates without any protective suit on, just nakey-butt?"

Answer: Yes.

Birthday party animal

Today we attended Lucca's BFF Ollie's 4th birthday party! Here is Lucca making a card for him this morning:



And a few of Lucca and Soren In their party finery:














At another party we went to yesterday, Lucca encountered his first (child-sized) drum kit:








As awesome as this was, the experience convinced me that we don't need one of these in our house.

Some unrelated pics of Soren the other day at the park:









And Ollie and Lucca:






Buddies.

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