My little Picasso

My oldest has been noted as a pretty good artist, since...well since he could hold a crayon.  But this year at school he has really drawn a lot of attention for his work.  I hadn't really thought he'd taken the comments much to heart, aside from him knowing that his grandparents (and parents) really value his art.  But I guess it has sunk in more than I realized.

Yesterday, I'm not really sure how we got on the topic but he was saying he really wished we could go to a Zoo that had a gorilla.  (We typically go to small local zoo that has a small selection of animals.)  When I said that there is a zoo close enough that we could see  gorilla I thought he might explode.  He then asked if we could go the first Saturday it's open.  I told him we'd have to see, that it would depend on what we have going and also if we have the money because that zoo is NOT cheap.  So he said he'd raise the money to be able to go.  First he wanted to have a garage sale, but he either wanted to go to the store and buy new stuff to sell or sell MY stuff.  When I suggested that he could sell some of HIS stuff if he wanted to make money from a garage sale...he came up with a new idea.  He's going to sell his art work to make money.  He even found some sticky notes and began making some price tags.  His first was 2.99.  That sounded reasonable, but then today he made some that were MUCH pricier!  @@  THEN he said he was going to sell one for 100,000 then he'd have enough money for the Star Wars Lego thing he wants and lots of other stuff.  When I told him that it is entirely possible for a well known, sought after artist to sell art for this much he got a little twinkle in his eye.  Then he told me I better get rich really quick so that I'd be able to buy some of his stuff.  When I told him I thought a "good" son would give his mom a deal, he told me he'd give me 5 free and then after that I could get them for 2.03.  

But I did tell him I would look for some inexpensive frames and we will be letting him sell them....somewhere.  If you're in the market for some high quality 6 year old art work, just let me know!  Photos to come soon...

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