How did she do that?

I think I know my kids so well. I think I know their abilities, capabilities (what is the difference between those two words and which am I supposed to use? . . . no idea), talents, etc. etc. The other day Maggie totally knocked my socks off. My jaw actually dropped open.

She drew this picture of "Curious George and Snow White."

She is 2.5 years old, and maybe that drawing isn't advanced for other two-year olds (it seems a little advanced to me), but I have never seen Maggie draw ANYTHING requiring that kind of precision and patience. She usually scribbles. I am impressed when she intentionally scribbles in one place or draws lines or circles. The closest replication I have seen to this detailed drawing or attempt to draw anything "real" is when I drew a plain yellow circle for the sun, she said, "that is not what the sun looks like. THIS is what the sun looks like." She added the sun rays (which she had no word for at the time), but seriously, other that that instance, I have NEVER seen anything like this before or since. You can get a sample of what a more typical drawing would look like by observing the lines around the figures on the page.

I can't help but wonder, if she can draw like that, why doesn't she draw like that? Perhaps she just doesn't want to put so much effort into her drawings or perhaps she is just too much of a free spirit to be drawing "real" things. I don't know, but clearly I underestimated her. Makes me wonder how often I do this.