Wonders Never Cease

When K was 2 1/2 - 3 years old, he drew a rather convincing Elmo and Big Bird using his stuffed animals as guides. But, honestly, since then, he hasn't drawn much of anything. He wrote early, but it usually involved letters and numbers. Only when he really felt inspired did he spontaneously draw pictures for fun. Until the last few weeks. Over the summer, I had him put entries in his journal (something he really likes doing), and he started putting illustrations in along with his words. Over the last couple of weeks, he has started drawing convincing animals, and this week has started making his own comics. I haven't asked him to do any of this, and I've never pressed him to draw or color (though I must admit I've lamented his lack of doing so because drawing/coloring/art was my favorite pastime next to reading throughout my childhood/teenage years). Suddenly, almost overnight, he draws almost as much and as well as he reads and computes. Exciting how these things happen! FWIW, my dh, who has scored no less than the 99th percentile in math/science/logic and the 95th percentile on verbal on ANY test he's ever taken, has only drawn a handful of things in his entire life. Most of them involved buildings and architectural type things. He spent his childhood reading, taking things apart, writing computer programs, listening to music that my mom would have died before allowing into our house, and making movies with his friends (along with a GREAT amount of work on the family farm). A rock-n-roll geek with muscles! ;-)

K is also teaching himself to write in cursive. Yay! G and A are doing wonderful things, too, but I'll chronicle those in another entry. :)

I wish that parents wouldn't pigeonhole their children. I wish that if they don't see a certain trait develop before a certain age that they wouldn't decide that that their child is deficient in that area. It has taken me years to develop confidence in my ability to sing, for example, and I still can't do it in public because of very negative comments that I received from key people early in my life. I hope to overcome this eventually, but until then I urge everyone to maintain an open mind about loved ones, and keep negative, non-constructive comments to yourselves. :)