Chinese Pagoda
“You want something for Halloween since it is actually Halloween?” I asked him. “Um, no,” he said clearly. “I want something from the buildings book for the last time,” he said. He had to bring...
October 2013
Taj Mahal
The Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures book is due back to the library on Thursday so he planned on picking something else from it today. He couldn’t decide and asked me to choose, but...
Saint Basil’s Cathedral
“You’re doing this one Daddy,” he declared after flipping through his library book, Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures, for a few minutes. “The Church of St Basil in Moscow, U.S.S.R.” I read. “You’ve done something...
An Igloo
I let him oversleep today so we got off to a late start. “I need something easy today,” I told him. “Do something from my drawing book,” he suggested. He took out Draw 50 Buildings and...
LEGO Vampire
“What should we do today?” “I don’t know. Maybe a LEGO vampire?” “Good idea!” He looked for a while and obviously not happy with the choices said, “Okay, just do a regular vampire.” “Nooooo!” I...
A Werewolf
“What should we do today?” “I don’t know.” “Come on…think of something,” I said encouragingly. “A werewolf!” he said suddenly and with emphasis. “Okay,” I said, “Let’s find a good one.” I’ve never heard him...
A Zombie
After pushing hard on him to think of something new, he finally said, “A ghost. No! A zombie!” “Do you want to draw it today?” I asked. We had a lot of extra time because...
How about Frankenstein…
“What should we do today?” “I don’t know.” “Well, you can think of anything!” I reminded him. “How about Frankenstein?” he said with little hesitation. I love it that a little push so often works....
Witch
“I don’t know. You pick. I don’t have any ideas.” “How about something Halloween-y?” I suggested. “I know…but…I don’t know.” I drew a blank too and said nothing. We both stared off into the distance...
Giraffe Neck
I woke up this morning with an idea of what to draw. That’s actually never happened before. I had the idea to do something close up. The neck of a giraffe came to mind. I’m...