My BB loves to draw, and I just love the things he comes up with. I think he’s very good. He uses different colors and makes designs and shapes and stays within the lines when he wants to, and beyond the lines when it suits him. I love that!
This drawing was a heart breaker. It’s the first family drawing he’s made, and he did it the very day that Gadget left. Look! I have extra arms, because I do so much. (Artistic interpretation taken liberally.)
This one cracks me up. He did this just the other day. ‘Mommy, this is a sign. It’s a no BB sign. You put it on your door.’ Genius! I swear, I have not taught him the sign symbol with the circle and slash that represents ‘do not’, and I can’t think of any on our normal routes. Dora, Diego, or Sponge Bob must have taught him. I do bark at him to stay out of the bedroom while I’m trying to put LB to sleep. Every. Single. Night. He just wants attention, but insists on demanding it at precisely the time when I need to be exclusive with LB. Any distractions stir up the sleep cycle and the meltdowns commence. It’s a precarious balance.
“Mommy, this sign says ‘No running across the street and jumping in puddles or else you will get in big trouble because you could get hitted by a car and runned-ded over and have to go to the hobspital.’
This one is very Van Gogh. All the windows and lines. I especially like this one. The spaghetti sauce is a nice touch, too. You know, real. Authentic.
One problem about loving to draw is that one who loves to draw might, especially if he’s 4-1/2, draw on, oh, just about anything. To help channel this love, I thought it would be good to provide an allowable space for artistic expression. What could be better than a whole wall?!
Chalkboard paint is a great invention. It can even be tinted (within a limited palette), so I got blue. Blue is, after all, BB’s favorite color. Am I a thoughtful mother, or what? BB being BB, however, was unable to resist the temptation to continue drawing on any available surface while waiting for the chalkboard paint to dry. During this time he decorated my camera case and eventually had to do a little time for his crime.
LB, not wanting to miss any of the action, joined him. (How I wanted to get a picture of the moment when they were standing side by side, both noses to the wall! It was short-lived, since the curtain was much more interesting.)
Finally! Let’s draw! They had just come home from daycare and didn’t even wait to take off their jackets.
He likes to draw aliens, lately. These are inspired by ‘Galaxar’.’
And here it is, in full splendor. It makes me smile.
