my little michelangelo

today you brought home two beautiful pictures. One was a butterfly stencil that was so many colors and a little heart that you had cut out and pasted in the top corner. The other was a picture of a toucan. You had started coloring it like a rainbow at school and you wanted to finish it. You colored on the floor and baby mary kept getting into your markers. I told you to move to the dining room table. After working on the table for a while you decided to glue the two papers together and then up on the wall. You stood on the arm of the couch to put it way up high where baby mary couldn't reach it. Then you stared coloring your picture on the wall. I was reading my book and handing you the next color you needed. When I had a hard time getting the blue marker you said, "that was challenging for you mom." I laughed at your beautiful observation and said, "yes it was."



it was so beautiful to watch you coloring your picture on the wall like some primordial michelangelo. Sometimes I believe that you will be a great artist some day sam. I hope that we are able to honor that in you if it is your genius. I love you so much.