The first one was a map of the world.
I need to give you a little back story on this one. When Gage and I were on our last cruise, Papa Thom and Grandma Dar showed him on a map where we were (Puerto Rico). That has stuck with him, and he can pretty easily point it out on a map. If you look, he designated it on this map. However...he must think that people who stink live there. I laughed when I read his label for it..."Port or Rekos". Oh...he also labeled Camas, WA...but apparently the whole city has relocated to Alaska :)
The second was a watercolor painting he did of a flower, and he was to label the parts of the flower that he learned in class. Here is what the whole flower looks like (apparently this flower was in very bumpy ground).
Upon closer inspection...I realized that what I thought were leaves, were actually (in part) speech/comment bubbles. Here is a closer look at the top and bottom of the flower...
I asked Ryan to explain what was happening in this picture. He showed me the flower and its parts, and then explained that a little bad guy fell from the top of the flower ("AAA!"), and then hit and bounced off the petals on his way down ("ouch!" "ouch!" "ouch!"). Then at the bottom, he sunk into the dirt and was trapped by the roots (one last "AAA!" in red at the bottom of the flower).
This last one is not really funny...but shows the growth Ryan has achieved during his 1st grade year.
The directions for each page are the same..."Draw a picture of yourself."
The picture on the left is from the first week of school in September. The picture on the right is from a few weeks before the end of school in June. I was amazed at the increased detail and more appropriate use of color that he has developed. The kids mounted them inside of a black 11x14 piece of construction paper, and folded it into a large card. Ryan presented this to Gage for father's day...the bottom line on the picture on the right says "Love you Dad". Makes my heart smile!!
