June, 2006

"Birthday Cake"

Leading up to Kayci's 4th birthday, she was very excited about her birthday cake. She drew this just before her birthday. It's a big birthday cake, complete with lit candles and icing!

 June 2007

"Robber"

Kristi drew a small sketch of what looked like the Hamburglar on a piece of paper, complete with a black hat and mask over his eyes. Kayci took a look at the picture and went off to her desk. She returned a short time later with this.

June 2007

"Me and Daddy on a Boat"

This is one of a few pictures that Kayci drew Daddy for Father's Day. It's Daddy and Kayci on a boat in the water. To our knowledge, this is the first time she's drawn water or waves. That's also the sun up the top right corner and a cloud above us.

June 2007

"That's Daddy"

This is another Father's Day drawing. That's Daddy. This isn't as detailed as some of Kayci's drawings, but the lines are a lot more organic than they have been. Up until this point, Kayci has drawn people as almost square-shaped. I love the circle hands and feet and the round nose.

June 2007

"That's an Alien"

This is an alien.

June 8, 2007

"Picture of Daddy"

This is a drawing of a picture of Daddy. Notice the outer square? That's the photo paper edge. Very clever, and a good likeness.

June 23, 2007

"The Alphabet"

Lately, Kayci has been fascinated by numbers and letters. One day she wanted to write all the letters, so Kristi told them to her and she wrote them in order.

July 4, 2007

"American Flags"

Kayci wanted to decorate the house for Independence Day, so she drew these American flags, and taped them to the back of the door.

Notice the stars (the plus marks at the top) and the stripes (the vertical lines).

We had the most festive and patriot house in town thanks to Kayci!

July 2007

"Family Picnic"

Initially, I couldn't remember what this picture was, but when Kayci looked at it here on her website, she reminded me "that's our family picnic. The person on the right is Kayci sitting on a blanket. That's Mommy and Daddy sitting on a blanket on the left. We're all under a tree.

:)

July 2007

"Flyswatter"

This is titled "flyswatter" because that's what she was trying to write on this page. That's not what this is, however. This is actually a drawing of the basil plant in her herb garden, complete with leaves and a flower on the top.

Update: I'm not so sure anymore because when I asked Kayci again what this was once I posted it to the web, she said, "that's a flyswatter." So maybe it actually is a flyswatter.

July 2007

"Mommy"

This is a drawing of Mommy. What is notable about this drawing is that Kayci is beginning to try to draw curls as squiggles. The eyes are also different in that they now have two parts - an outer circle for the eye and an inner circle representing the eyeball.

July 2007

"Smiley Face"

This is a very small smiley face that Kayci drew. Once again, she is trying out expression. Those are eyelashes above the eyes.

July 2007

"House"

This is a house that Kayci drew. Notice the details - the door know, the chimney, the window panes and something inside one of the windows. She is also getting very good at writing her letters to form words, most times with people telling her how things are spelled.

July 2007

"Kayci"

Kayci sometimes leaves pictures that she's drawn on our bedside table or on our side of the bed, propped up against the pillows. This is a drawing that she left for Daddy of herself.

Notice the eyelashes, which sometimes distinguish boys from girls, and the curly hair on top of her head.

July 23, 2007

"A Moose and the Number 5"

This past week, Kayci has been obsessed with the number five. I think it's because a five has so many different types - challenging types - of lines. She sits and practices and practices and practices. Among the fives, though, she decided to draw a moose and some other kind of character. She said she didn't know what the other character was, but she described in great detail that those are ears and horns on top of the moose's head.

I had no idea she even knew what a moose is.

July 2007

"Mommy's pregnant belly"

Kayci has been keeping a secret for the past week - she's going to be a big sister because Mommy has a baby in her tummy. Mommy's tummy hasn't gotten bigger yet, but Kayci knows that it will, so she drew this picture of the baby inside Mommy's tummy.

July 25, 2007

"The Chef Lady on Ratatollie"

We had a Daddy & Kayci date to go see the Pixar movie, Rattatollie. When we got home, she drew this. Not only is it the first time she's ever drawn long, flowing hair on a girl, but it's also the first time to our knowledge that she's ever drawn a tongue. Look at the tongue - look at the crease line down the middle. Also, look at the eyes and see that they are a lot different that the types of eyes that Kayci ususally draws. They seem almost expressive - almost feminine. There's also the fact that there is no body drawn - only a face. That in itself is something completely different. She ALWAYS draws a body or at least the outline of a face...

And I mentioned that she's fascinated with 5s this week? She threw a couple of those on there, too.