interest in writing

Recently, Drake and Graham have taken more of an interest in writing and drawing.

Here they drew some pictures to send to my brother on his mission. The picture on the left is of a temple, and on the right is Justin and a missionary.

And this is a "missionary walking along", obviously.

Graham drew this picture of Avery---notice the curls on top of her head?

And with a little bit of prompting, Drake wrote this out for my parents and all the kids signed it (for babysitting while we were out of the country).

Drake decided my pen holder wasn't good enough and moved it aside for his amazing paper creation, seen taped to the wall.

Drake also picked up on the idea behind grocery lists. If I need to buy something at the grocery store, I write it down on my blue pad of paper. Then when we go to the store, I buy it. Drake decided he would make his own list of things he wanted to buy, and put it up on the fridge right next to mine.

Then he told me next time we went to the store, I could buy it. If it's on a list, it means you can just buy it, right?

And in case you can't decipher his list:

MnMs (candy)

Big Oranges

Toy Train

New Scooter (Shad wrote that one for him)

Remote Control Train

If only it were that easy to get stuff.