Titanic Sinking

“Any ideas for today?”

“I just got one,” he said lying, still looking around the room for an idea. After a few moments, he said, “You know, instead of the Starbucks thing, the Jamba Juice thing.” We also have a clear Jamba Juice straw-cup similar to the clear Starbucks straw-cup he used as inspiration yesterday to suggest the Starbucks Mermaid.

“I’ve already done Jamba Juice,” I reminded him.

“You have?”

“Yeah.”

I showed him the picture. “Ooh, I like it,” he said.

I could tell he wasn’t in the mood to brainstorm so I made my own suggestion, “How about the Titanic?”

“Yeah!” he exclaimed. He’s been fascinated by the Titanic from the very first time he heard the story. He’s watched a ton of YouTube videos about it. I’m kind of surprised he’s never suggested that I draw it. He took a long while picking one, but eventually we settled on this shot of the Titanic sinking.

He finished his breakfast, brushed his teeth, and then as if he suddenly remembered what I was drawing, he ran around the corner shouting, “I want to see! I want to see!” He studied the picture and the drawing. “What are all those dots?”

“Cool. The Titanic’s pretty cool Daddy,” he said gleefully. I always feel somewhat sad thinking about the Titanic, but I had to agree with him. The Titanic’s pretty cool.