I Remember When...

When Wes was a toddler and fully immersed in perfecting his gross motor skills from sun up to sun down, I recall wondering if he would ever sit for 5 seconds so mommy could catch her breath want to draw or paint.

I remember silently wishing he'd at least take to coloring so I too could color an afternoon away.

And not that he ever neglected his gross motor development, but he did begin to show increasing interest in stories...or better, writing them. Actually, in the beginning he'd draw the story on computer paper then ask Dad or me to write the words on the pages for him...oh, and then staple the pages like a book--he didn't know how to use a stapler yet.

On his own terms and in his own time, he developed and refined those fine motor skills and isn't ever farther than an arms length from a big blank drawing book.

We've always admired his tenacity, his attention to detail and albeit frustrating as it was at times for him mostly, but dad & mom too...well, let's just say he's mastered that stapler!


Mariah, lost in Wes's new parka



Drawn by Wes while playing Jeopardy with mom & dad