As Promised, A Gallery of Lily's Drawings

This is a drawing of Jim and I (top two figures), Lily (middle figure), and Jack and his "crew" (bottom three figures). Jack and his crew have on hats with antennae because they want to look like Lily (who has ponytails that look like anntenae). Everyone in the picture is singing!



Detail shot of Jack and his crew. Jack is the one with blue hair.



This is a castle. Notice the curtains in the window and the beautiful flowers in the yard!



This is a family portrait. The first figure is me and the next figure is Lily. We both have pony tail hair (this is how Lily is currently drawing all girls). Jim is the tall purple figure and Jack is the short figure next to him. Note how the girls are wearing dresses (triangles) and the boys have rectangle bodies. Also note that the boys have a helmet-like hairstyle. The sun is shining and there are cheerful orange clouds in the sky and green grass at the bottom.



This is a snowman and a Christmas tree. They are both alive and can walk around!



This is a beautiful flower garden. Jim helped to draw the two flowers on the left, but the rest were drawn by Lily.



This is a picture of Lily walking Oskar on a leash, Granddaddy, Jim, me and Jack and his crew. We are all singing. Jim and Granddaddy have beards (the black mark on their chins).



Detail shot of Jack's crew. They are holding hands.



This is a picture of Lily petting a unicorn. The two triangle shapes on his back are wings.

Once again, I have to say how much I love Lily's creativity in her drawings. Everyone looks so happy and cheerful and she's really starting to use a lot of colors. I'm still puzzled by the concept of Jack's "crew" though! She told me the other day that her favorite thing to do is draw, and that makes me so happy because I loved to draw at her age, too.

Sorry for the Radio Silence

...but we've been busy lately! Doing what, I can't tell you. I just know that it seems like we've been running around hither and yon and getting very little accomplished.

Jack is getting excited for his birthday. If you ask him how old he is, he'll either say "one" or "preshents (presents)!" If you ask him what he's getting on his birthday, he'll tell you "preshents." He helped me pick out his birthday cake -- he asked for "TOM-moss (Thomas the Tank Engine)." The cake he chose has a real Thomas train on some tracks as a decoration. If you ask him about it, he'll say "TOM-moss cake!" and get very excited.

Lily is somewhat excited for his birthday, mostly for the cake and party favors, I think. She doesn't like the spotlight to stray too far from herself, so I think there may be some acting out on the actual day. I am going to take her shopping on Friday to choose a gift for Jack. I'm curious to see what she picks out. Probably Polly Pocket or some other gift that she'll enjoy!

Lily has been drawing up a storm lately and has done several wonderful pictures. One of them shows me, Jim, Lily and Jack and two other people the same size as Jack. Lily explained that the other two kids are "Jack's crew." When I asked what a crew was, Lily told me "They are the people that help you out!" She later drew a second picture, and Jack had a crew in that picture, too. In fact, Jack and his crew were wearing hats with antennae on them, according to Lily.

Now, I don't know about you, but I associate the word "crew" to mean a group of men associated with an under boss in the Mafia. That or people working on a pirate ship. Oh yeah, or gang members. But I mostly associate it with the Mafia. I asked Lily where she heard that term and she said "I don't know." I asked why Jack had a crew, and she said cryptically, "He just does." I asked why she didn't have a crew, and she said "I do! My crew is Uni and Snowflake (her unicorns), but you can't see them (they are invisible, as you may remember)."

So I am left to wonder a few things. Is Jack in the Mafia, or do the matching hats signify some kind of gang? When Lily said "he just does," was that code for "if I told you I'd have to kill you"? When did Jack find the time to go out and recruit a crew??? More importantly, will they show up at his birthday and demand gift bags like the other guests?

What Lily Drew

Lately, Lily has been very interested in drawing. She does most of her work on a magnetic doodle board, so we take a picture of her best work to save it. As a result, I can now present to you the artwork of Lily Deeds, complete with the artist's personal commentary on each picture. My comments are in italics.



This is a picture of flowers in a boat. They are sailing away to the sun. This picture reminds me of Picasso's sunflowers!




This is a picture of the princess cat. She is standing under the sun and you can see one piece of her crown on the ground. On the other side are two clouds and one is raining. This is my personal favorite of the three. There's something very sweet about the cat.



This is a picture of a turkey next to a piece of colored paper. Next to him are lines that represent sounds, and under that is a q-tip and a window. Next there is a flower by a cat who is next to a blank piece of paper. In the sky there is a sun, a basket, a space alien and another window. This picture sure has a lot going on! I love that she uses all of the available "canvas" to draw her pictures.