Madrigal amuses Ruby

boys' ab-ex

Below is just a sampling of our prolific little artist's work! These are some of my favorite pieces. At the top is a family portrait--including me wth Ruby in my belly (drawn while I was still pregnant). Below that is simply "rain." After that is a picture of Shrek and Fiona "outside in the sunshine." Followed by a beautiful painting (in this reviewer's humble opinion!), in the tradition of Georgia O'Keefe, of a red poppy flower. After that, a spare little self-portrait of Madrigal with a dragon and a pumpkin. Then a fun Miro-like drawing of four red roses. My favotite, perhaps, is next: Madrigal and some very large daisies (or is she just very small?). Below that is the prerequisite rainbow drawing with a surprisingly well-rendered pink dragonfly. At the bottom: a birthday card (with many colorful balloons!) for Daddy.

Stay tuned for more exciting installments from this emergent talent!

Her little brothers ain't bad either--right now they are definitely going through an ab-ex period :-) See above post . . . . Jack's style is currently more pointillist whereas Dylan's is definitely "scribbly."

madrigal's gallery

The following is a photo essay, of sorts, of our trip to visit Poppa Don, Uncle Jaron, Aunt Becca, Cora and Miss Abigail last month. Yes, it is a tale of four-wheelers and cows and horses and dogs and bunnies and wagons and swingsets and (most importantly) of FAMILY! Boy we had a good time (as I am sure you will be able to tell), even if I did forget one of the pak-n-play beds for the boys and Jackie ended up sleeping in the cardboard box-bed--ingeniously and spontaneously constructed by Daddy! Mads slept on some pillows in the empty closet. Most miraculously, they all slept in the SAME ROOM together and did not make a peep either night! Halleluja! "What am I doing worrying about such things anyway?" I am learning to ask myself :-)

Most of these photos are at Jaron and Becca's ranch, the Oak Leaf, which is about a 40 minute drive from THE "ranch," (near Guernsey, Wyoming) which has been in the Frederick family for about 150 years. We are looking forward to spending lots of time up there with our loved ones in the future. . . .

at the oak leaf