Block heads

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I wish I could lay my hands on a picture that Malia drew of us when she was in Pre-K.

I actually had noticed for some time that when she drew a picture of me, my head looked ... square. But I didn't put it all together until she brought her creation home and proudly spread it across the table.  She had 5 figures drawn all in a row and a heading that read, "My Family."

One very large stick figure with a round head, a slightly smaller figure with a square head, and three small figures with square heads completed her drawing.

It dawned on me. Round heads were boys, square heads were girls.

"You've got it wrong, sweetie. Boys should be the block heads, I mean, the square heads."

This post was written in response to Writer's Workshop prompt 4. Ask your child to draw a portrait of you or your family and share it with us.  Although my children are grown now, I well remember my daughter's portrait of her family!

For more zany responses, visit Kat's blog, Mama's Losin' It today.