Pearl of Great Price

 Lydia came home from school the other day excited about a project assigned at school. She was to decorate a shoe box to be a "float" in the first grade Thanksgiving Parade. We had a lot of fun decorating the shoebox. I showed her how to dip crepe paper into glue to make it look like flowers.
It was so fun I thought about how fun it would be to have all of the kids do one every year with a theme of "what I am thankful for". It would be a great Thanksgiving day activity.

 After the parade, the teachers were ambitious enough to host a Thanksgiving Feast. When Lydia found out that the feast consisted of Turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing she literally cried. Geez my kids are picky eaters. I packed her a lunch instead.

 My little Pearly girl is getting so big! Look how lovely she is. She has made a lot of progress with some behavioral issues she had been dealing with this year. Also, she has been working really hard at her reading and sight words and doing great.

Here is a picture she drew. I love how, while the drawings are very simple, you know exactly what those little stick figures are doing and feeling. Hilarious! Thank you public schools and cable t.v. for my 6 year olds knowledge of Justin Bieber.
Lydia is always drawing or coloring. She can't help herself. It is a compulsion (in the best sense possible). She always has a pencil, pen, marker, or paintbrush in hand. I love it. I know it won't last, so I really savor this passion she has.