NEWSFLASH! BREAKING NEWS!
A daring little toddler, Nattie, has joined the art world this week, as kitchen floor tile became her canvas! The tiny artist in residence chose a lovely shade of blue green Crayola crayon as the tool of color! Within minutes of picking up her tool, she filled her canvas (4-15X15 tiles) with high energy, up and down, strokes of motion! As soon as her multi-tasking father announced to the world that the artist had done her deed, mama raced to the scene and snatched the tool of choice! Unfortunately, it was NOT "WASHABLE"! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Now, if her mama had been
less freaked out a little more calm about the
washability factor, she would have taken pictures of the li'l artist's work (an unfortunate piece of the story). Instead, mother went straight to work rubbing and scrubbing to remove those strokes of energy from the tile. Thank goodness it came off-and
those crayons are now put away where little toddler hands won't be reaching for a long long time. (Li'l artist's big brother did something similar with a tool of choice on his wall when he was 3 only it was a
washable marker-but maybe that's a slice for another day...)
This experience in the Rudd Art Gallery taught us all a few lessons when it comes to Li'l Artist:
- Expect the unexpected
- Prepare for and try to make the best of the moment
- Put things away when you're done using them~~Big Brother!
- Learn as much as possible from your mistakes and try to do better next time
- Be like Pete the Cat and say, "It's all good!"
When the floor came clean and the water dried, mother had a good laugh...reflected a little and thought out loud,
"Oh, Nattie, this is definitely a story for your Mommy Journal..."
This Tuesday's Slice of Life-hosted by Ruth and Stacey @ The Two Writing Teachers
