I had my gall bladder removed this weekend. Andy came to visit me, then drew this from memory when he got home. The one on the right is me, and the one on the left is my hospital roommate, who was suffering through a ruptured appendix, hence the grimace.
I was particularly impressed with this picture Andy drew of two dinosaurs. Note the overlapping forms — not bad for a five-year-old! The stegosaurus in the foreground is eating a plant while standing in fire (ouch!), and I think the dino in the background is breathing fire.
This is how Andy imagines carrots to grow — at the tip of a thin plant, weighing the entire thing down.
Emily lost her very first tooth today. Tonight, Andy drew this picture and hid it under her pillow. (That’s them in their bunk bed next to the Tooth Fairy.)
That’s President Obama out front, riding a white horse.
Andy decided to make a map to our house, so his friend could come visit.
Recently, I told Andy about the day I asked Carolee to marry me. I mentioned that she and I were in Muir Woods at the time, in a ring of baby redwood trees. The next day he brought this picture home from school. I guess I forgot to mention that the “baby” redwood trees were actually 50 – 100 feet tall!
Ever since he saw The Wizard of Oz, Andy has been keenly interested in tornadoes. That’s me and him sticking out the side of the vortex.
This piece of art is the first of Andy’s to be used in a professional capacity: the principal of his school presented it at a teachers’ conference to show how the students use artistic process to communicate stories. Go, Andy!
