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First art (August 21, 1998)
She was just over 1 year old when she first got ahold of the crayons...

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A guy and a freckled horse (June 1, 2001)
Self-explanatory, really.

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Doodle (Spring of 2002)
A little something she drew while I was pregnant.

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Eeeeek!! (Fall, 2002)
A selection of monsters for your terrified pleasure

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An elephant (Fall, 2002)
This elephant is a bit more abstract than the one she drew a few months later

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Sympathy card (October 21, 2002)
She made this for me at school.

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A concert (November, 2002)
A guy playing a banana guitar onstage.  The audience is watching him from their seats (two seats have gum stuck to their backs).  One guy is leaving to go to the lobby.  In the lower right is a dollar that fell out of the cash register.

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Spongebob (December, 2002)
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea??

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A robin (December 2002)
Robins are her favorite birds.

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To Gabby (December, 2002)
A horse, a dog, a dog pushing a rock.  Love, Alice

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Shiny nose and all (Christmas, 2002)
Alice's favorite reindeer

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Hey Diddle Diddle (January 1, 2003)
The cow jumping over the moon!

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Elephant (January 2, 2003)
It's an elephant, silly!

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Giving birth (January 5, 2003)
Drawn as my birthday present, this shows a woman (me?  my mother?) giving birth in a bed.

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Cup of milk (January 23, 2003)
Complete with cow. Moo!

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Sisters jumping (January, 2003)
Sammy and Alice jumping on a board

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Self portrait (January, 2003)
Isn't she cute??

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Once upon a time... (February, 2003)
A fairy tale book, of course!

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A Bat (March, 2003)
Fruit or vampire?  You decide!

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Rainy Day (Spring, 2003)
Flowers (complete with roots) in the rain

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Wind Dancer (Spring, 2003)
Alice wrote and illustrated this poem at school

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Four seasons (Spring, 2003)
Spring (flowers), Summer (grapes), Autumn (falling leaves), Winter (a bare tree)

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To Mommy (Spring, 2003)
A pretty purple flower

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Butterfly (May 5, 2003)
And a lovely butterfly it is, too!

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Happy Birthday, Grandpa! (May, 2003)
Alice's drew this guy and pasted him to green construction paper (effect simulated here)

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A Monkey, a Kitty, and a Bunny (June 12, 2003)
This was her first time drawing a monkey, by the way

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Self-portrait (July 4, 2003)
Working in watercolors, for a change

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Turtle sunset (August 9, 2003)
A turtle in a rainy sunset, near some trees -- painted with a new set of acrylic paints

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Some favorites (September, 2004)
Notice her playing "horsey" with her sister

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Colorful home (October, 2003)
Complete with welcoming stone path

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No applause is necessary (Winter, 2003)
"Thank you" for what?

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This one's for Aunt Jenne (Summer, 2004?)
It's a super-nice hippo!!

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Please come to the planetarium (November, 2005)
She decorated this handout.  My favorite is the little astronaut on the middle left

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An alien encounter (Fall, 2005)
Alice is extremely pleased to meet Alen, the alien

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For her speech therapist (Spring, 2006)
A picture of Alice making a perfect "er" sound

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Self-portrait (Summer, 2006)
She's become very detail-oriented

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Alice and Mommy (Fall, 2006)
We are wearing awesome shoes!!

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A lovely girl (Winter, 2006)
She went full-out on the coloring on this one

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Princess Nicole (January, 2007)
Nice crown, eh?

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Dancing Banana (January, 2007)
He's even got a little cane!