Almost overnight, Carissa took up “art.” The week of her third birthday, drawing, coloring, and painting became almost obsessions. The same was true for Mara once she turned three, and I found it interesting that the change happened so close to their birthdays!
Of course, objectively Carissa’s drawings are a long way from “art.” But I’m a mom! So the first time my precious little girl brings me her drawing and says, “Look, Mommy! I drew you and me!” my heart melts a little. Never mind that in her drawing, I resemble a mammoth egg with stubby legs and she looks like a pixie on toothpick stilts. My heart still melts.
And I love that she calls her big sister her “best friend.” This is the first time she drew a picture of the two sisters.
“It’s me and Mara,” she told me.
Now Carissa is the one who is daily decorating our refrigerator with a new picture or worksheet from school!