February artwork

This form from Monroe's teacher says, " Monroe was very proud of the work she did on the puzzles in the weekly readers we looked at together today. Great job counting & writing her name!"

Here is one of the puzzle pages Teacher Joanie must have been talking about:

Here is a really fun example of Monroe practicing her name at home. Eben told me that he still remembers thinking as a little boy that the number of prongs one put on the letter "E" was a matter of personal style. Monroe has clearly embraced the same line of thinking.

The gem below entertained me to no end. Monroe has revived her habit of announcing a new fake name each day, and she's apparently working this into her doodles--she informed me the day she brought this home that her name was "Alexandra." I am impressed with how many of the letters she was able to pick out. Looking over at her friend (the real) Alexandra's paper must have helped!

Allow me to call your attention to the little dude in the lower left of "Alexandra's" masterpiece. I love this guy. He looks like a cartoon drawn for an anti-depressant commercial on television. (Clearly, he's depicted here before medical attention.)

This last one is just to give you, the friends and family who keep up with Monroe on this site, a little dose of affection. She drew all these hearts by herself, so pick your favorite and consider yourself loved.