The Carmel Haven : Avery's Drawing of a Person (and crafting)

I think I've mentioned before the great strides Avery has been making since starting school. Her teacher is amazing! The other girls in the class are all 4 or 5, so I think she tries to replicate what they're doing.
This is what Avery's drawing of a person looks like these days:

(Part of) Our Family

One day I came in and she had written about 5 big letter A's on her chalkboard. I was so excited, as that was the first time I had seen her write a letter. I wanted to take a picture of it, but she wouldn't let me. Instead, she wanted to write her name. This is what she got : "Avy" backwards. She can probably write more letters for all I know. She's a smarty pants, but she can be very stubborn too. She likes to do things herself, with no help from me. She has known all her letters and sounds since before she was 2 (perhaps from Leapfrog??!=), but everytime in the past year and a half I tried to get her to write (or draw for that matter) anything, she refused. So this is a HUGE step for her.

More fun activities! Such a fun age.=)

Waffle Cone Christmas Tree

Using glue...the right way!

Noah's fun too, not too into the crafts, though. Avery wasn't either until now.

He would rather be doing this:

We usually get the mail after we drop off Avery, and sometimes we stop at the PX....it's never crowded on our little base, so I let him play in the toy area and this is what I find him doing. Every. time. I think I know what Santa is going to get him!