Sam and Ben's Artwork

The other night when Rusty and I were going to bed we found these "masterpieces" from Sam in our room. This water color picture of Sam's depiction of the 2000 Stripling Warriors (we painted with water colors before church last Sunday--I love that a lot of them have RED hair) was in my p.j. drawer. Sam knew I would open that drawer to get ready for bed (too bad the water colors weren't quite dry when he put it in my drawer and therefore, I had to do a load of laundry--totally worth it though).

Rusty's "note" was in between his two pillows. While I was practicing the piano earlier with him I had written the note, "Sam O. is the Man!" (there are two Sams in his Kindergarten class and therefore, he calls himself "Sam O." even at home). He wrote this note back to us. I love how much bigger my head is than Rusty's:)


Ben came home from school today with this "paper stuffed leopard" he made at school. He asked me to take a picture of it and then he promptly gave to Sam. Sam not so long ago wanted to be a cheetah or leopard when he grew up. If you've ever seen the hair on Sam's back, you would believe this could really happen.

Ben told me that the entire time he was making this leopard in art class, (it took about a week) he knew he was making it for Sam.

It seriously amazes me how much they love and admire each other. I'm so grateful.