Entertaining my children has been especially challenging for me this summer. In case you didn't know, we live in the desert. It's ridiculously hot here. I think I may have mentioned that before.
Anyhow, one night I was cleaning my studio and came across a little 6" blank board book that the lovely people over at C&T had sent me. The next day when my 7 year old professed his boredom, I whipped out this board book, and he got to work.
You see, for some reason my children have a fascination with authors. They've had a few come to their school, and it always sparks something in them.
Since I know my children well, I knew that boy 2 would want to do whatever his big brother was doing, so I bought a few more 10" x 10" books
Here's how it would go. Boy draws picture, writes words with pencil. Mom traces with a nice felt tip pen while baby on mom's lap tries to grab felt tip pen. Boy colors with mom's nicest colored pencils. (Mom cringes a little.) I also wrote the titles on the bindings, those things are tricky. It worked out perfectly, and best of all, ate up a good two weeks of summer boredom.
Canon finished his last week, and couldn't be prouder.
The last page of himself, with a whole bunch of different superhero bits and pieces. I love it. I loved watching him work so hard on it.
When I was taking his picture, he asked me if I would show my friends his book on my blog, and ask which page was their favorite. I told him I would. So, if you have a minute, could you tell him?
(Thanks)
Oh, and two more pictures of my tiny men I took a few minutes ago. Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.
I'm pretty sure Nicholas is the luckiest little brother on the planet.
