bloogs blowing by

independence means...

a green marker and a mother concentrating driving on the road:

writing your name on your leg

giving yourself a butterfly tattoo

conking out after drawing a green alien... on your face.

here's to independence!!

the letter

yesterday, when tae and i were coloring, i drew her a picture, and wrote her a note.

then i went in to the kitchen to finish cooking lunch.

when i came back to her project table, tae said to me, "mommy, i mailed your note back to you!"

she handed me an envelope that read:

inside the envelope was my note all folded up.  she had done some revising, and wrote  a note back to me:

pictures

tae has been talking a lot about two girls in her class, L and K.  from what i can gather, they're really good friends, both having been in the school for 2 years or so.  this weekend, tae was drawing some pictures, and narrating as she drew...

this is L.  L is sad because K is not here.  (those are supposed to be tears on the side of her face.)

this is L and K.  they are happy because they are friends.  K has beads in her hair.  they're wearing shoes.  (and then tae drew herself way off to the side.  sniff.)

i don't know what's up with everyone having four or five legs... maybe she's still stuck on the spider thing.

"my baby brother alex spider."

yes, this is drawn on the *side* of the easel.  and yes, she told me this was her baby brother alex.  and that he was a spider.