"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes, The rest sit 'round it and pluck blackberries."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Kindergarten: Check!

E has officially finished Kindergarten.  We are excited for the summer here, although E is already worrying about next year - good ol' Andersen style.  Here she is with Mrs. Swartzendruber on the last day of school, which happened to be really rainy:


Since we had just done a "real" gift for teacher appreciation, E made a gift for the last day of school.  I didn't get a picture of the puzzle she made Mrs. S., but the puzzle below is similar.  E likes to draw intricate pictures and then cut them up to create her own puzzles.  Justin had the patience to put this one together:


This is one of my favorite drawings E brought home this year.  While it looks pretty simple, it is the detail which says "E" to me so completely.  This is a picture of our dining room and E has made sure to only have two of the five lightbulbs working above the table.  (We are down to one now!)


This next picture was hung up in the hallway, which made E very proud.  It is meant to be similar to the famous "Grant Wood's" paintings.  E became very traumatized when a few days later the head of her cow was ripped off.  They later found it taped to another painting and she was able to fix it.  (I am not sure why it is sideways.)

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