Thursday, September 25, 2008

Sketch Musings


My kids are a constant source of amazement to me. My newest fascination is the passion Bobby suddenly has for drawing. The kid goes through stacks of paper, sketching elaborate robots, dinosaurs, monsters and hot rods. Just months ago, in his preschool class, he was often forced to sit down to do the art projects. Now, I can't get him to play outside because he's too busy working on his latest 'book' of drawings.


Naturally, this poses a tiny problem with the vast amount of paper scattered about. As if it's not bad enough that I'm a writer and my office can barely contain my notes, outlines, drafts and files. It seems Mr. Bobby needs his own office at the rate he's going.


This drawing above is a few weeks old, but I marvel at it every time I find it in the stacks of paper shoved under the coffee table, in boxes or piled high on his desk in the playroom. How many of these drawings will disappear under the chaos of the boys' destruction? To me, this image is like poetry, like a record of Bobby's sudden learning curve in the art of creating.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

And Week Four Begins

The boys with Buzzy the Bee from Bobby's class
He got to take Buzzy home last week for good bee-havior

First of all, I've posted after a little hiatus on Eric Maisel's Creativity Central Blog.

So now, the Pollard household sets forth on week four of our new school year. I have to say that it's been a rough road with the boys in different schools and opposite schedules. Go carpool mommy! Today was our first day of dropping Shane off at preschool without him having his body-thrashing, please-leave-brother-here, meltdown.

Sheesh, after four weeks, I think we finally have some semblance of control over the school situation.