Fatherhood

It's now official, our walls have been decorated by our son for the first time. Patrick had been drawing in his coloring book with a marker. He wandered off, as he does at times. Not hearing him for a few seconds, I wandered into the dining room to check on him. What I discovered was an entire wall covered in orange marker ... just at his shoulder level. He looked at me with a look of excitement in his eyes. He was so proud of the artwork he prepared for us ... I was a bit angry, but more amused (though I couldn't let it show). Thankfully, it was a washable marker and a wet sponge made short work of the artwork ... Patrick was a bit upset that it was gone; that is until he found the raisins. Have I said before that he is ALWAYS hungry these days ... UPDATE: Now, not only have we done artwork on the wall, we have decorated one of the toilet covers ... with the red Permanent Marker he found!

Black and white films are cool ... but, what I am writing about is color (and not movies). Crayons, Markers ... now things like Pip Squeaks and Markers that only write on paper. They also have paint for covering crayon, as well as paint that can be used as a writing surface by an energetic child. Face-painting and body art ... I've been impressed with the talent that Patrick shows when applying these colors to his face, arms, hands, legs, feet, in his hair, and occasionally even to his tongue. I love to see his artistic ability shining through. Recently, we've had an orange palm, a series of purple markings on his face, and even blue marks on Mama's shirt (thankfully we used washable markers). Patrick loves crayons ... sometimes for chewing, mostly for writing. He already mimics the holding techniques he sees others using and he rarely tried to write on anything but the paper.