First Art

This is the first day Daniil has shown interest in drawing. He spontaneously picked up chalk I've left in a little pail on the back steps and drew self-proclaimed "samalyote" after "samalyote": airplanes in five different colors. I can see them, can you? Single lines, followed by two slash marks. Lacking even a teaspoon of drawing ability or interest, I never would have thought of this.

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I'm fascinated to discover my son's talents and inclinations and, as he's adopted, I make no assumptions that they will mirror mine through some kind of genetic transference. So far Daniil is groovin' on music--he plays harmonica, while I play blues riffs on the piano. He loves whacking the wiffle ball off the "T" stand and appears to be ambidextrous. And all things "truck" trumps all else.