Sunday, July 27, 2008

Little artiste

Emile absolutely loves tekeken (tekenen, i.e. to draw). This mostly involves playing with the big tin of crayons he got from Amy Suchomel but sometimes he also creates fun things on paper, and the 'art gallery' on our kitchen wall is showing some progress in his artistic development. This week he started drawing 'giraffes': long stripes of brown and yellow to indicate the long neck and legs - obviously.
(And no, he didn't draw the banana. That's mama's talent you're seeing there).

Another huge big hit are the bathtime crayons he got from tante Nicki. Emile loves to draw stuff on the walls and shower window with these crayons, and then likes to clean it off with the wash cloth.Today I was absolutely flabbergasted when he drew this, and then asked me to wipe away the letter ('mama lettertje wegvegen')... You see which letter this is, right??!!! If you do, you will understand why we took a picture. I would not have expected my son to have been able to name and write the first letter of his name by the age of 2 years and 3 month!! Amazing, n'est-ce pas?

2 comments:

Ella+Felix Mama said...

Good thing you took a picture before he made you veeg it weg. Wow I am duly impressed with the E!

Anonymous said...

of course he's brilliant. i knew he was all along. all my grandchildren are brilliant. What lovely photos to prove it!
A very proud Oma