So yesterday, during those last hours of entertainment before dad comes home, in desperation we broke out the crayons and paper. I was concentrating on my own work when Jesse said "Look mom, a monster." And to my amazement, there on his paper, was a big round head, two eyes, and a mouth, not to mention the arms--of course coming out where the ears should be. I was amazed. Awe struck. He advanced from scribbles to lines and circles just earlier this fall. I had never seen anything that resembled anything like a person (or a monster). At first I didn't believe it. I thought that he must have just found the picture in the sketch book. So I told him to draw another one for me and he did. Even with legs this time. I told him to keep practicing so that he could show daddy what a stud he is at drawing when he came home. So when dad came home I gave Jesse a crayon and told him to work his magic. He drew another great monster and this one came with a special upgrade too. In Jesse's words, "and this monster gets a wiener too." Yep, right between the legs--it actually looked like one too. Well perhaps inappropriately Ben and I just laughed, but apparently later that night Ben gave him the "private parts" talk because we were chasing each other and I caught him and started to spank him on the bum and he said, "Mom, don't spank my Cheekies, those are my private parts and you don't touch those." Well to say the least, it was a great day of achievement and learning for our little guy.
