Reflections Contest

Both our kids wanted to enter the Reflections Art contest this year, Theme: "Beauty Is..." Eli worked on his picture of an elephant and said in his Artistic Statement: "This is an elephant with jewels and I think it's beautiful!"
Lizzie wrote a poem for the occasion. Take a second to read through it below. It really is beautiful. They are both going on to the state level!

BEAUTY IS ...

Beauty is the wedding horse,
So white and clean and quick,
Beauty is the spiders' web,
That catches flea and tick.
Beauty is the Redwood Tree,
So strong and tall and proud,
Beauty is the singers' voice,
That's pretty, smooth and loud.
Beauty is the yellow sun,
So calm and light and bright,
Beauty is the moon and stars,
That shineth every night.
Beauty is the twinkling eye,
Of Santa in the snow,
Beauty is the light of learning,
To live and laugh and grow.
Beauty is when Christmas comes,
So joyful, beamed and bright,
Beauty is the roller coaster,
Right before your sight.
Beauty is the White-Tailed Deer,
That runneth o'er the plains,
Beauty is the railroad tracks,
That lead the crossing trains.
Beauty is the flower stem,
That holds the petals proud,
Beauty is the fresh-baked bread,
That gathers largest crowd.
Beauty is the ladybug
Splattered with jets of black,
Beauty is containers,
Like a box, or cup, or sack.
Beauty is the dreamy sleep,
That quickly snaps the night,
Beauty is the cruiser's rudder,
That turns it left and right.
Beauty is the army ants;
They all crunch through the leaves,
Beauty is the gold and silver,
Stolen by black-eyed thieves.
Beauty is the loosened dirt,
Cramped with worms and bugs,
Beauty is the Apple Cider,
Poured into steamy mugs.
Beauty is the fragile leaf,
That falls come every season,
Beauty is the poems wrote,
That rhyme, don't care what reason.
Beauty is the new born baby,
Cradled in a crib,
Beauty is the baby milk,
That spills upon the bib.
Beauty is the cute designs,
Like polka-dots, or squiggles,
Beauty is the happiness,
Including talks, or smiles, or giggles.
Beauty is scarlet fox,
That brushes through the wood,
Beauty is the fresh-cleaned chimney;
You never thought you could.
Beauty is the yummy food,
Fresh-cooked for you every night,
Even though you thinks it's not ...
Beauty's everything in sight.