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Becca has been on a tear lately drawing pictures. Characters mostly have bodies now, but the eyes have gotten much smaller, to the point of becoming dots, though she usually adds eyelashes. Her girl pics almost always feature hair and earrings, sometimes even those old princess-style or Southern-belle-style dresses that make the girl’s ass look like an over-inflated Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float.

But Becca has now added a new twist to the presentation. She brings over the picture, hidden behind her back. With a proud and impish smile, she tells me to cover my eyes; dutifully I obey. Then at her command, I open my eyes and she puts the picture under my nose, announcing “Tada!”

Where do they learn this stuff?

Here are two recent drawings from Becca. so proud of them I just wanted to share.

Not a bug

Apparently, torsos are optional.

Draw and name your family

The instructions for this school assignment were to draw pictures of your family and write their names underneath. Becca did all the mechanics herself, though I did suggest some positioning and I did have to verbalize some of the letters so she could write them.

Torsos seem to have made it into this creation.

I don’t know why I get glasses. I think she is playing with the technique of adding glasses to her characters. And couldn’t be more pleased that I seem to have a tail. A tail.

And Annie has turned into a blonde. Woo hoo!

Also notable is that she intentionally made angry eyebrows for Benjamin. They’ve been fighting a bit lately.

Way to go Becca!

I just finished assembling a mobile of the solar system and hanging it from the ceiling.

So, Becca comes out with the following: “Daddy, I’m so proud of you for making the mobile.”

Maybe she’ll drive me to school tomorrow, too.

Although Becca is over four and a half, she still likes her chocolate milk in a baby bottle. Annie is not too worried about it, figures she’ll grow out of it in her own time. I haven’t pushed hard on it, but I’ve been laying the groundwork for months with Becca that “you’re a big girl now”, “bottles are for babies”, “soon it will be time to give up your bottle”, etc.

Well, she just came to me with a box of chocolate milk and asked me to get her a cup, explaining “I don’t want a bottle. I’m a big girl now.”

So proud I can barely type through my tears.

So, we are watching Bugs Bunny videos – dubbed into Thai, interestingly enough, with a whiny voice for Bugs. As he attempts to escape from the hunter Elmer J. Fudd, he begins a tap dance routine.

Both kids – Becca and Benjamin – attempt their own tap dance.

Gregory Hines can still probably sleep at night, at least for a little bit longer.

Becca has begun to say “Oh, my God”

It’s not often, and it’s sometimes in a context that warrants significantly less amazement than would otherwise be implied.

But still pretty cute.