"Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm"

The Boy has quite a passion for drawing. The the point where That Guy and I are giving serious consideration to signing him up for art classes after we move. And, like most little kids, his drawings are mostly just the things he loves. There are a lot of pictures of The Boy with various family members, pictures of him in his favorite places or playing with his favorite toys.

Most of his work though, is superheros. Not surprising, since The Boy has been superhero obsessed for the last three years. He sits at the kitchen table and draws picture after picture, and each one tells a story that he is eager to share.

It might be too early to tell what path he might pursue as an adult, and That Guy and I certainly aren't going to push him one way or the other- but seeing him concentrating so hard on his drawings puts visions of The Boy working for Marvel or DC one day illustrating comics in my head. I can honestly picture that for him- and I would be thrilled if he chose to pursue a creaive path.

I'm not going to try and claim that The Boy is an artistic prodigy, but I will so that I love his little drawings. I love how much effort he puts into them, I love how proud he is of them, and I love the sheer joy on his face as he works on them. I wanted to preserve a little bit of that, so below is a sample of some of The Boy's latest works...

Pictured above, as described by The Boy: "Spiderman with the black alien and Venom fighting at night time", "All the fantastic four, and the thing is really big", "Superman is flying by the stars and the moon because he has powers and he can fly"

Pictured above, again with descriptions provided by The Boy: "This is Batman, Batgirl, Robin and Alfred, and the bat light is shining" "Captain America has his shield, he is really strong", "That's Iron Man, he's not being Toni Stark right now because he has his costume on so he can fly"