The Newest Thing

"Hello, my name is Weston!! And I like to do drawrings!"

Haha! Weston's thing right now is drawing, and I'm very happy about this. (Much happier than when his thing was pulling all the DVDs off the shelf or refusing to sit down in his carseat when we NEED TO GO).

This, finally, is an actual interest that we can nurture and develop. He doesn't seem to like sports, he HATES crafts, and he has little tolerance for musical instruments (except to pretend that the sticks are swords). It may just be a phase, but he sure is cute when he gets all focused and starts scribbling. Plus, I'm really glad that he's taking after Tim, because honestly, I have no skills to offer besides loving French things, cooking up some really great cabbage soup, and maintaining an insanity-inducing stubbornness.

Originally, he would just use piece after piece after piece of scrap paper (with markers or pens) until we had no more scrap paper in the house. Then, in a stroke of genius, I pulled out an old marker board for him to use with dry erase markers. He loves it! He uses it a couple times a day, and it even occupied almost all of his attention during Sacrament meeting on Sunday (with occasional breaks for a snack, a tantrum, and a potty trip). I foresee a new multi-color marker pack for his birthday next month, because Mommy is getting a teensy bit sick of just red and green all the time.

He actually smiles for pictures sometimes now... another HUGE development.

The most surprising thing is that Weston is actually starting to draw humanoid-type shapes. He draws a circle for a head, with two dots for eyes and two lines for lips. Then he draws two lines for legs and two lines for arms (extending from the head, of course). I should probably take a picture of these little humanoid drawings, but I haven't yet. However, this is kind of what it looks like:

The first time he did it and told us that he'd drawn Daddy, we were so proud. Most of his drawings are still scribble-scrabble, but occasionally there are people (like above) or mountains (a bunch of zigzag lines) or cookies (circle with dots) or doughnuts (circle with hole).

Another highlight of his existence right now is the Magna-doodle that Santa brought him. I LOVE this thing - a big drawing space with an attached magnetic pen and NO MESS. He uses this a lot, too. This afternoon, he drew a picture that he was especially proud of, and I said that I would take a picture:

What a nice face

Then I told him that it looks like a very nice rainbow, and he corrected me: "No, it's a monster footprint." Gotcha.

[Editor's Note: Yes, it's been almost THREE WEEKS since I blogged. Remember when I used to be such a good, timely blogger? I don't. Ha! But coming up next... the Christmas-in-PA recap! Whee!]

[Editor's Note part 2: I love you all. Thanks for reading my blog today.] :-)