Family Portrait

When our friends Doug and Caroline were visiting a few weeks ago, they took a (rare) picture of our family. Not since our failed attempt at Christmas have we asked somebody to take on such a feat. Those unfamiliar with this process have no idea how such a seemingly simple task can turn into a practice of frustration. Just having everyone standing and looking in the same direction was an accomplishment, and the smiles were a bonus. The only one not smiling was Ryan. That is, until he created a family portrait of his own.

Earlier this week, he was drawing on the board, and for the first time drew something I could recognize. Later, he added magnetic numbers and letters. He put the first letter of everyone's name, and a letter for their age. When he asked me what "number" I was, I said "37", so he put a "7" by the "L". I thought it was pretty creative, and actually liked his version of my hair better than the real picture.