Everyone believes their kids are exceptional. To hear parents tell it, you would think that ALL children were budding young Einsteins and latent Michelangelos; parents’ billfolds bursting with baby pictures that, in reality, rival Nick Nolte mugshots.
Fridges adorned with sad, paint-splattered scraps. I’m no different. My “seed” are Gerber-worthy stunners! The “gifted,” female equivalents of a toddler Tesla and a baby Carl Sagan.
Right or wrong, they are mine, and while I try not to fixate on the percentiles, I may very well oversell their achievements upon occassion. But when I tell you that my three year old J. Boogie (aka Channel J, aka Baby Lady, aka J. Pooh The Damaja) wrote a BOOK the other day, completely unprompted and replete with metered dialogue and several requisite literary conventions, not the least of which are “Once upon a time…” and “The End,” and when I tell you that it is BRILLIANT, remember that this is me talking to you; aspiring wordsmith, bona fide bibliophile, admittedly biased and doting Dada and I LOVE it! Because, well, words.
Check it out, below! Tell me what you think. Tell me a time when your child’s creative offerings have wowed you to no end.
That’s a wonderful story. “Because, well, words.” That about sums it up doesn’t it. The blog looks great and I look forward to hearing more from you. Thanks for stopping by my blog as well. Also, nicely curated there, formatting all the stuff kids offer is very difficult, this was just perfect.
Hey, thanks for the kind words. Memory is such an untrustworthy aspect, such a fog-laden precipice, that I can only hope to preserve moments like these as truthfully as you do.
Great post!! My kid isn’t old enough to draw, much less for a sentence, but your posts gets me excited for the future! Keep up the AMAZING work, Mike, aka Dada, aka My Hero aka At Home Dad
Aww thanks, Ben Jammin. You need to getcher @ss over here and do some production work on this fledgling site! We’d be the Dynamic Dada Duo. Or something.
This is so cool. I think you got a budding author of graphic novels there.
Wouldn’t THAT be something! Then maybe she could send some of HER readership MY way. 😉
I love it!! What enthusiasm!
Says the man himself. Wow. Can’t wait till she’s old enough to truly appreciate what YOU do, Jason.
That was a pretty good book! Such a cool keepsake to have and look back on once she writes her first number one best seller (assuming this isn’t it.)
I’d say she’s well on her way. Getting out-shined by my girls is something I could get used to. Thanks for dropping by!