Merritt the Artist

Merritt is really a talented artist. He's always drawing and we've gone through five doodle boards and over 2000 sheets of paper at least. At school they periodically have assignments where the kids need to illustrate words they are learning. Here are some of Merritt's drawings.

Angry

Joy

Ornery

Bored

Discouraged

I love how expressive the faces of these little people are! It is amazing to me how quickly he can whip out a picture where I would have to labor at least twice as long to get something half as darling.

And now, for your delectation and delight, some more Merritt homework:
The kids were supposed to classify things they see outside into the categories of living, non-living, and once living. I asked him why he included monsters and aliens on his list of non-living creatures and he looked at me like I'd lost my mind. "Because they don't exist. They are non-living!" was the "well duh!" answer he gave me. Why didn't I think of that? It's really so very obvious! Apparently his teacher didn't think of it either.

In another assignment, Merritt had to write the Presidential Oath of Office in cursive script. This was very painstakingly done...
and was really not an assignment he appreciated as noted by him on the paper.
I love the teacher's comment. You'd have to be one humorless human being not get at least one hysterical moment of laughter a day as a elementary school teacher.