Art By Delia & the Imagination of a Toddler

Delia has always amazed Jake and I, but that may very well be because she is our daughter and we are a little biased. However, there are some things that she does that I think other people might find a little advanced for her age. For example her new found ability to draw. Let me just remind you all now that she is only 2.5 years old. At what point do children start drawing like this? I think it's early, but I could be wrong.

She'll be sitting there doodling, see something amongst her scribbles and then say (for example)

"Look Mommy, I draw a whale!"

Then she became a little more controlled with her movements and started to actually produce images that she wanted. For example:

A Person
A Smiling Person

A Happy Face

And most recently:

A Car (it's upside down)

Now, I don't know about you but this is pretty darn good for a 2.5 year old. She has yet to decide on which hand she will use and mostly sticks with her left. It is so interested seeing how they change and become more of themselves. It really makes me wonder what she will do when she grows up. What gifts God has blessed her with and where He will take her.

Her imagination has really taken off in the past few months. Lately she has been running from imaginary monsters and the other day in the grocery store she said, "There's a bunny in that lady's cart." To which I responded, "What?" She repeated herself and I asked, "There's a bunny in that lady's cart?" She happily said, "Yes!" I looked around a little and didn't see a bunny anywhere (much to my disappointment). Plenty of ladies and carts, but no bunnies. I love her imagination! It's quite amusing to say the least.

Stay tuned, as I'm sure there will be plenty of funny stories to share with an imagination like hers.