"So what am I going to draw today?"
"What about...um..." he trailed off and thought for a minute. He went on to tell me random things about his friends, school, and how he's, "not a super fan of watermelon, because it's kind of weird."
"What's for the snack sack, Buddy?" I asked, interrupting his stream of consciousness.
"I don't know," he said, pausing again. With a spark, he suggested, "How about Yoshi?" The other day, he bought a small Yoshi toy at the store. He had seen it the weekend before, then decided to buy it with his own money this weekend. For him to exhibit that type of planning is unusual. The toy brought him a lot of joy. He played with it for that entire first day and has been working on his impression of the small dinosaur Nintendo character. "Yoshi!" he exclaimed, imitating his voice. He's pretty good an mimicry.
I'm not even sure who Yoshi is exactly except that he's part of the Mario set of games from Nintendo. I made quick work of this one, happy to use the thick tip end of the Sharpie like I used to do. I enjoy working on outlined drawings, especially when they are of cartoon characters.
When he saw it finished, he said, "Wow! Whoa! That's quick! That was quick."
I smiled.
"Do you want to do another one?"
"No, I don't. I don't need to do more than this one."
"But you can add to this one if you want to."
"Not today," I said. I've learned that I can get him off my back when I defer instead of decline. It worked. He didn't press anymore.
The next morning I asked him about the snack sack. "What happened to Yoshi? I see you didn't bring him back."
"Yeah...well...let's see...there's this kid. You know those rocks I brought home the other day? Well, he had more yesterday...and...um..."
"You traded the snack sack for the rocks," I said, connecting the dots. I could tell he was worried how I'd react.
"Yeah. He really, really wanted Yoshi like really, really bad. And he said he'd give me all of the rocks if he could have it."
"Really?"
"Let me show you," he said, on his way to retrieve them.
Looks to me like Victor probably got a good deal. The rocks are the type of translucent blue decorative rocks you might put in a vase. They're real nice. So that's new. The snack sacks are being traded as currency. Interesting.
"What about...um..." he trailed off and thought for a minute. He went on to tell me random things about his friends, school, and how he's, "not a super fan of watermelon, because it's kind of weird."
"What's for the snack sack, Buddy?" I asked, interrupting his stream of consciousness.
"I don't know," he said, pausing again. With a spark, he suggested, "How about Yoshi?" The other day, he bought a small Yoshi toy at the store. He had seen it the weekend before, then decided to buy it with his own money this weekend. For him to exhibit that type of planning is unusual. The toy brought him a lot of joy. He played with it for that entire first day and has been working on his impression of the small dinosaur Nintendo character. "Yoshi!" he exclaimed, imitating his voice. He's pretty good an mimicry.
I'm not even sure who Yoshi is exactly except that he's part of the Mario set of games from Nintendo. I made quick work of this one, happy to use the thick tip end of the Sharpie like I used to do. I enjoy working on outlined drawings, especially when they are of cartoon characters.
When he saw it finished, he said, "Wow! Whoa! That's quick! That was quick."
I smiled.
"Do you want to do another one?"
"No, I don't. I don't need to do more than this one."
"But you can add to this one if you want to."
"Not today," I said. I've learned that I can get him off my back when I defer instead of decline. It worked. He didn't press anymore.
The next morning I asked him about the snack sack. "What happened to Yoshi? I see you didn't bring him back."
"Yeah...well...let's see...there's this kid. You know those rocks I brought home the other day? Well, he had more yesterday...and...um..."
"You traded the snack sack for the rocks," I said, connecting the dots. I could tell he was worried how I'd react.
"Yeah. He really, really wanted Yoshi like really, really bad. And he said he'd give me all of the rocks if he could have it."
"Really?"
"Let me show you," he said, on his way to retrieve them.
Looks to me like Victor probably got a good deal. The rocks are the type of translucent blue decorative rocks you might put in a vase. They're real nice. So that's new. The snack sacks are being traded as currency. Interesting.
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