Has Anyone Ever Told You...

...that you have the most stunning eyes?

Merry Christmas!!!

Fiona has been very into the performance thing lately.  "Mom, Mom... I have an idea.  I can be the Angel of Light, and Neve will be Baby Jesus, and you can be... um, do you mind being a donkey?"  I'm happy to hear that the obvious choice for me is to be a stable extra, as opposed to say, Mother Mary!?  Good grief.  And trust me when I tell you that there was about half an hour of her singing, "Aughhhh, aughhhh, aughhhh" around and around the Christmas tree, while her sister (sort of the whole point of the play, as she IS Baby Jesus) is told to just lie there and coo.  (I, for the record, refused to be a donkey.) And sure as the play was titled, "Beautiful Angel of Shiny Light", Fiona drew picture of herself the following day.  It's her Christmas card to you. 

(The little boy in the photo here is Mike, aka. 6 year old Heartbreaker.  Neve wishes you a Merry Christmas too!)

Art (and Crafts) in Motion

Whoa, whoa, and whoa.  I mean, where do I even start to discuss this visual narrative?  What could this all possibly mean, you ask?  Well, when I asked she said,

"Two funny ladies dancing and making crafts."

Of course.

Jean pockets?  Pear-shapes?  The crazy poses?  I want to be a fly on the wall of her brain...

"Where Are We Going?"

I pull drawings like this out of the trash can or off the floor in crumpled ball all the time.  I love how much she enjoys making art these days (the volume is seriously unbelievable), but it's becoming too hard for me to regularly document.

A Yellow Dress

... and the Sun Man.

BIG BLOG DEBUT

I think it's time I make this a shared sister blog. Neve asked me, after drawing a beautiful drawing that I barely gave a nod to, "can I put this picture on my blog?" Oh my, I am an awful, awful person. But before I go and water down the bloggersphere with yet another neglected "proud mom" blog (out of guilt, no less), I could probably condense the White sisters' works into one. She's recently begun showing real interest in drawing and visuals, making some very cool stuff that is different from her sister.

So, I present to you, Neve Rosalie, age 3:

(Fiona's drawing is on the right page, Neve's is on the left.)

And my favorite:

At the risk of sounding like such a mom, I like how she uses color in her drawing. She lets the color dictate the subject. Ok, lame. She's 3, and she uses scented markers. Her artist statement would be "AVOID THE BLACK MARKER. IT SMELLS LIKE LICORICE!" But I still think she's awesome.

Another Disney Remix

but click here for an even cooler version.