One of the things Luke and I do after his meals or snacks is to draw pictures on his high chair tray with washable crayons. This is really fun, for both of us, because it's interactive. Basically it starts with me asking Luke to pick out 3 colors from our crayon bag. He'll say which colors he wants (he knows ALL of his colors now, including the not-so-standard colors, i.e. gray, gold. We are still working on puce and burnt umber). Then we'll both start drawing and he'll usually pass the crayon to me and say, "
mow-mow", "
tree", "
birdie". This means he wants me to draw some of those things. Once I've drawn the item, I'll ask him to draw grass, sky or point to where he wants me to put the plums on our plum tree.
Here is a picture of our latest artwork:
Far left - Plum tree. Luke painstakingly selects where each plum should go. Then he'll add grass in any color he is "feeling" in that moment (looks to be orange, blue, and green today).
Top center include pictures of his favorite foods- O's and noodles (quinoa noodles, that is).
Middle center - Green birdie with orange sky and blue water.
Lower far right- Daddy with his mow-mow. Lots and lots of green grass... So much grass that it's growing straight up into the sky!!
Top right- Luke is SO advanced that
he insists upon writing "I love Mommy" on his tray every time!!! :)
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