Drawing Fish

Late, late last night, Mr. Sneaky Pants came into my office, right before I was about to go to bed.  His eyes were twinkling, and he whispered to me that he had a magnificent idea of some pictures to draw for me in the morning.  He planned to make a whole collection.  I looked at him a little strangely, gave him a hug, and sent him back to bed.  Then I forgot about it.

As soon as he woke up this morning, he ate a muffin and started working in the office with the door closed.  He drew different kinds of fish whenever he had a few spare moments today.  Eels.  Mudfish.  Shark mouths.  Minnows.  Tadpoles.  I loved that he was so excited to use a writing utensil and that he was drawing on his own without any kind of encouragement or direction from anyone.  He’s a reluctant pencil and marker user, so it was really fun to watch him get paper after paper and fill it up with such purpose and excitement.