A milestone!

OKay!  I am SO excited!! This is HUGE!!

So....I've never seen Austin or Logan really draw a picture before. 

I even checked with their preschool teacher and she said that both boys had noticed other kids drawing and wanted to do it, but hadn't done anything yet.

I was thrilled when (LATE last night) Austin sat on the kitchen floor and with great focus and concentration set out to draw
"Mommy, a turtle, a lion and a Princess castle."  ;-)

He worked for a while and eventually, after a little frustration, morphed his turtle and lion into a moose. 

Then, he asked what my name started with.  I clarified if he meant "Mommy" or "Donna" and he said,
not who you are, Mommy.  But your NAME.

Okay, it starts with a "D." 
Austin holds up his fingers in the shape of every letter of the alphabet. 

So he put his crayon down and made a "C" with one hand,
and held up the index finger of the other hand to it - to make a D. 
"You mean like this, Mom?"  ;-)

Yes, baby.

And then he really surprised me when he drew Me out of the D.  ;-)

Ladies and gentleman, I give you "Mommy and the Moose!"

ISN'T IT ADORABLE!!?!

He also signed it throughout the composition....you can see the "A" and the "t" pretty clearly. 

I think the "s" went on another sheet of paper because he was having trouble with. 

Not sure if the "i" ever made it anywhere. 

But there is a lighter shade orange "n" above the "A" and the "t" and a red "u" under the Moose's mouth.

And the circles under my head?  "That's your belt, Mommy." 

Austin's first original artwork MAKES MY MONDAY!! 

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