Odes to Mommy, drawn and spoken

Jamie was an enthusiastic participant in Mother's Day this year. He made two cards, one of which featured his first, as far as I know, drawing of the human figure. This was a portrait, from memory, of his mom. She had a brown body and a blue head topped with a shock of orange hair. One couldn't help but notice that the features were distinctly pig-like, so I think he needs to work a little on observation but it was a fine first try. He is working on writing his name, and his 2/5ths of the way there, signing his drawings with a confident JA.

He also came home on the Thursday before Mother's Day beside himself with excitement to recite a poem to Mom he had learned at school:

Roses are red,
Violins are blue.
Sugar is sweet and so are you.