Comments on: Doodling http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/ Keep track of the new kid Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:57:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zenzile http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2826 Zenzile Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:24:46 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2826 A time when one can create without any specific goal in mind is avaluable foundation for the future pressures of adulthood. My fondest memories of childhood are of the times when I just wrote whenever I felt like about whatever struck me at the moment. I started writing when I was eight and I just thought it was coold to rhyhme words. Nowadays I avoid rhyhming like crazy. Standards you know. A time when one can create without any specific goal in mind is avaluable foundation for the future pressures of adulthood. My fondest memories of childhood are of the times when I just wrote whenever I felt like about whatever struck me at the moment. I started writing when I was eight and I just thought it was coold to rhyhme words. Nowadays I avoid rhyhming like crazy. Standards you know.

]]> By: mamma of another trixie http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2825 mamma of another trixie Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:48:06 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2825 hi there, very happy to have the posts again. we have solved the artwork problem (and trust me, it gets worse before it gets better: our trixie's in the third grade and you wouldn't believe the barrels of homework that comes home every friday afternoon). most of it goes into a fat manila envelope pre-addressed with grandma-and-grandpa's and granny b's addresses. when they get fat and full, we seal 'em and weigh 'em and stamp 'em and mail 'em. 'cept for the really good pieces. those we frame and hang up around the house. hi there,
very happy to have the posts again.

we have solved the artwork problem (and trust me, it gets worse before it gets better: our trixie’s in the third grade and you wouldn’t believe the barrels of homework that comes home every friday afternoon). most of it goes into a fat manila envelope pre-addressed with grandma-and-grandpa’s and granny b’s addresses. when they get fat and full, we seal ‘em and weigh ‘em and stamp ‘em and mail ‘em.

‘cept for the really good pieces. those we frame and hang up around the house.

]]> By: SuzyQ http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2824 SuzyQ Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:03:01 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2824 Seeing Trixie's artwork reminds me of this cool website called the Global Children's Art Gallery. You can see art from kids of all ages and from many different countries. www.naturalchild.org/gallery Seeing Trixie’s artwork reminds me of this cool website called the Global Children’s Art Gallery. You can see art from kids of all ages and from many different countries.

http://www.naturalchild.org/gallery

]]> By: christine http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2823 christine Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:04:40 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2823 You suspect? Be sure that if she catches you tossing out her masterpieces she'll let you know her feelings. I threw out some "drawings" from school for my son...and he found them in the trashcan...let me just say...it was high drama! I now put them outside in the trash... You suspect? Be sure that if she catches you tossing out her masterpieces she’ll let you know her feelings.

I threw out some “drawings” from school for my son…and he found them in the trashcan…let me just say…it was high drama!

I now put them outside in the trash…

]]> By: Judy http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2822 Judy Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:43:41 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2822 Get some butcher paper or brown wrap on roll, or use the backside to wrapping paper, tape it to the floor (or the wall if you are brave enough) and let her go. My 6 year old used to have a BLAST doing this. Another fun activity when it warms up is to give her a big paint brush and a bucket of water and let her "paint" outside - if anything, she'll clean up the outside of the house (and porch and sidewalk and trees) for you and have a blast doing it! Get some butcher paper or brown wrap on roll, or use the backside to wrapping paper, tape it to the floor (or the wall if you are brave enough) and let her go. My 6 year old used to have a BLAST doing this.

Another fun activity when it warms up is to give her a big paint brush and a bucket of water and let her “paint” outside – if anything, she’ll clean up the outside of the house (and porch and sidewalk and trees) for you and have a blast doing it!

]]> By: tj http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2821 tj Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:32:26 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2821 That IS some nice art work. And good colors! So far, my son prefers to use blue - light blue, dark blue, just blue (most of the time). It's been going on for a quite a while now, I wonder if he will switch at some time or become a multi-color man? It's great to read your stories again. Congrats to launching the tracker! It must feel exhilarating yet odd to suddenly be done with it. That IS some nice art work. And good colors! So far, my son prefers to use blue – light blue, dark blue, just blue (most of the time). It’s been going on for a quite a while now, I wonder if he will switch at some time or become a multi-color man?
It’s great to read your stories again. Congrats to launching the tracker! It must feel exhilarating yet odd to suddenly be done with it.

]]> By: Patti http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2820 Patti Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:58:44 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2820 Beautiful artwork! We don't have any kids yet (will in June) but we do have a niece who loves to create art like Trixie. We live in different cities so I only get to see her a couple of times a year but she does send me her beautiful artwork which I proudly display on our fridge. Beautiful artwork! We don’t have any kids yet (will in June) but we do have a niece who loves to create art like Trixie. We live in different cities so I only get to see her a couple of times a year but she does send me her beautiful artwork which I proudly display on our fridge.

]]> By: Nancy http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2819 Nancy Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:42:37 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2819 Tom, you're a better parent than I. Most of Alex's daycare pieces are just crayon scribbles, and there are just so many of them. We keep the ones that are actual projects - the snowman, the picture from a book they read. We took Alex to a paint-your-own-pottery place recently, to make a present for his Grandma. He picked out a hippo, picked his colors, and got to work. He had a blast, and was particularly enthralled with painting the hippo's nose. The poor nose probably had an inch of paint on it. When he decided he was done, there were some white spots that hadn't been painted. The lady in the store must have asked him 5 times if he was sure he was done, and didn't he want to paint where it was white? He said "nope" every time she asked. I started to get annoyed. Why was it so important that no spot was left unpainted? Why couldn't she let the kid paint where he wanted to paint? Wow, sorry that got long. I'm still obviously a little bitter. Tom, you’re a better parent than I. Most of Alex’s daycare pieces are just crayon scribbles, and there are just so many of them. We keep the ones that are actual projects – the snowman, the picture from a book they read.

We took Alex to a paint-your-own-pottery place recently, to make a present for his Grandma. He picked out a hippo, picked his colors, and got to work. He had a blast, and was particularly enthralled with painting the hippo’s nose. The poor nose probably had an inch of paint on it.

When he decided he was done, there were some white spots that hadn’t been painted. The lady in the store must have asked him 5 times if he was sure he was done, and didn’t he want to paint where it was white? He said “nope” every time she asked. I started to get annoyed. Why was it so important that no spot was left unpainted? Why couldn’t she let the kid paint where he wanted to paint?

Wow, sorry that got long. I’m still obviously a little bitter.

]]> By: Tom N. http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2818 Tom N. Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:20:41 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2818 Ben, congrats on getting back to writing stories! As for art, our daughter creates more at daycare than at home, so far. But they do send them home. We obviously can't keep them all, so I'm trying a compromise: I take a photo of each one, and then throw most of them out. I doubt anyone will ever look at most of the photos, but digital shots are cheap, and at least she'll have some record if she ever cares to browse through them in the future. Ben, congrats on getting back to writing stories!

As for art, our daughter creates more at daycare than at home, so far. But they do send them home. We obviously can’t keep them all, so I’m trying a compromise: I take a photo of each one, and then throw most of them out. I doubt anyone will ever look at most of the photos, but digital shots are cheap, and at least she’ll have some record if she ever cares to browse through them in the future.

]]> By: hannah http://trixieupdate.com/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2817 hannah Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:30:19 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2006/03/22/doodling/#comment-2817 Nice art. The what-to-do-with-the-endless-art problem is a big one. I stash it in a black trash bag in the middle of the night and run it out to the garbage can in my undies. I feel like a serial killer stashing body parts or something. Sophie would *die* if she saw me throwing it out. I too save select ones, many of them. I've even framed some of them, which she loves. She asked if we could put some in the art museum. But it's strange picking which ones I think are "good" enough to frame/save, etc. Yes, the Wordsworthian innocence of the un-selfconscious art-making is glorious. Nice art. The what-to-do-with-the-endless-art problem is a big one. I stash it in a black trash bag in the middle of the night and run it out to the garbage can in my undies. I feel like a serial killer stashing body parts or something. Sophie would *die* if she saw me throwing it out. I too save select ones, many of them. I’ve even framed some of them, which she loves. She asked if we could put some in the art museum. But it’s strange picking which ones I think are “good” enough to frame/save, etc. Yes, the Wordsworthian innocence of the un-selfconscious art-making is glorious.

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