Stick Figures

Elijah is our resident artist.

He likes to draw more than just about anything!

Art is by far his favorite subject 

and a reward (sometimes bribe!) for him 

is free time to do art.

Though this picture is rather basic,

it makes me laugh to see all the detail he put in to stick figures.

His initial decision to draw stick figures, he told me, was that 

we have such a large family that he'd have used up a LOT of time

drawing us all in greater detail. Haha!

1. Mom

2. Dad

3. Linnea

4. Nathaniel

5. Isaiah

6. Andrew

7, Christopher

8. Elijah

9. Ruby

10. Ivy

11. Elizabeth

12. Abram

13. Cece 

(with all the sparkle around her, you can tell the baby is especially loved!)

Numbers 14-16 need a little more explanation.

#15 is Grandpa Wayne and on either side of him

are #14 Great-grandma Mavis (his mom)

and #16 Grandma Cindy.

Elijah didn't want Grandma Mavis to have to stand all by herself.

Numbers #17 & #18 are Dennis' parents

Grandpa Gayland and Grandma Harriet.

After giving me time to look over each one and admire his work,

he looked at me with a sly smile, a twinkle in his eye, and said,

"Now, you may notice that I, ahhh, had to draw

Nathaniel and Dad with a little bit, ahh, fuller sticks for their middle..."

as he made a round motion in front of his own stomach.

I laughed and then thanked him for his kindness 

when drawing Mommy and the grandmas

with regular stick figures.