On display

Aidan brought home a note from his art teacher last week, stating that his artwork was on display at Beaver Lake for the month of April. The exhibit is sponsored by the New York State Art Teachers Association, Central Region, and the theme of the exhibit is nature, either realistic or abstract. Aidan's teacher was allowed to submit only five pieces of student artwork from his school. Yay, Aidan!

We drove out to Beaver Lake yesterday to view his artwork. Aidan was very proud that he created his artwork on his own at home and took it to his teacher, whereas the other students from his school created their artwork as part of class projects.

Nature is creating some lovely artwork of her own; it is good to see signs of spring emerging. While strolling around Beaver Lake, we saw these lovely little flowers poking through the leaves:

Interview with Aidan 2011

For the third year, I interviewed Aidan using the same set of questions as in the previous years. Here are the questions, and the unprompted and unedited answers:

1. What is something Mommy always says to you? Go clean your room before you play computer

2. What makes Mommy happy? A Cuba Libre and steak

3. What makes Mommy sad? When I come home from school with a bad report

4. How does your mommy make you laugh? Silly faces

5. What was Mommy like as a little girl? Pouty

6. How old is Mommy? 47

7. How tall is she? Five feet, seven inches

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Knit and drink

9. What does Mommy do when you're not around? Laundry and work

10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for? The most times saying “Clean up your room” in a year award

11. What is Mommy really good at? Hugs

12. What is Mommy not very good at? Being a waitress

13. What does Mommy do for a job? You stay at home and do boring things

14. What is Mommy's favorite food? Steak, onion rings and a hamburger

15. What makes you proud of your mommy? That you are nice to me and when I’m sad, you make me feel better

16. If Mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be? The Amazing Knitting Girl, with a sword made out of yarn

17. What do you and Mommy do together? Watch Wipeout

18. How are you and Mommy alike? We don’t like famous movies that other people like

19. How are you and Mommy different from each other? Hair color

20. How do you know Mommy loves you? You always give me hugs and kisses

21. What does Mommy like most about you? I don’t know

22. Where is Mommy's favorite place to go? Beaver Lake

In some ways he is insightful and in others, completely nine years old. If you are interested, you can read the interviews from 2010 and 2009.