Lucy Update: Start of 2014

Here are some highlights from the beginning of 2014.

"What do you think of this Mom? I think it's pretty. It's hair." Who says that Zebras need their stripes on their bodies?

Lucy trying out bubble painting at a play date.

Lucy saying hello to our dinner guests. 

Practicing writing her name.

Stretching it out with dad, getting ready for a run.

I went upstairs to go to bed and found this tent/blanket/fort at the foot of the bed. Apparently we have a new resident that has moved in. This explains the pitter patter of little feet I heard earlier in the evening. 

Apparently we have a ghost cleaner.

Family date at Chuck E Cheese.

February 6th, woke up to snow! Lucy says: "It's snow, that means it's Christmas!"

Blurry picture of Lucy putting on a performance with her friends while we played games with our friends.

Art time: Coloring and making crowns

Playing with her "new" kitchen and bike.

Going on a walk around the neighborhood and finding a beautiful tree. 

Celebrating Pi day on March 14.

Stake Field Day: Lucy trying to play kickball 

Ole!

Painting nails with Mom. 

Being a big helper by washing the chairs.

Playing in blanket forts with Clara.

Reading our Peter book together. 

Envelope Drawings

Another fun goal for the year was to draw more and I was inspired by this post which showed envelope drawings.

I started by illustrating the envelopes of thank you notes we were sending out, along with some random "letters" that Lucy insisted on mailing. Then I posted the finished products on my Instagram.

Then I decided to decorate all the envelopes that went with my visiting teaching letter route. Which ended up being seventeen?

I really enjoyed this project! It can be hard to find suitable photo references, especially when looking for so many! I like the first batch of realistic black and white flower drawings best, but I think I might need to get a flower book for future drawings.

Hers and Mine Artwork

Two of the fun things I wanted to do this year was draw more, and share more art.

I decided to start a series of drawing with Lucy called "Hers and Mine" and posted the results on Instagram.

Here are the results so far!

The start: Lucy not really grasping my vision of matching drawings yet.
Photo reference from an Google Image search.

One of my favorites! Matching Anchorage Alaska Temples.

A mother baboon and her baby: Photo reference from Reed Miller

Butterfly: Photo reference from kids book.

Tractor: Photo reference from kids book.

Piglet: Photo reference from a kids book.

The woodland kingfisher: Image reference from Reed Miller.

Lucy loves looking through animal pictures on my computer to pick out our next subject matter for these drawings.

This was a great opportunity to teach Lucy some drawing skills, and was a fun drawing exercise to do together. Hopefully Lucy will be interested in continuing it in the future!