... when you ask them if they want to draw an amaryllis.
Me: You know this is a pink notebook, right?
Farmerboy: Just write "The Death Star."
Me: A pink Death Star?
The pink Death Star is now firmly entrenched in family folklore, and the only thing resembling the amaryllis. Otherwise...
...this is just what boys do.
(Gareth drew all these droids for Pip, who then had a grand time coloring them all in.)
This made me laugh! When I was in grad school, I lived with a family of three boys, ages 3, 10 and 15. The 10 yo in particular loved to draw battle scenes ... then he'd put the paper on a rug, take a pen and mercilessly stab the paper over and over to make "explosions."
He turned out fine. :) (He's a lawyer now -- do you suppose there's a connection?)
(Even though I grew up with three brothers, I was one of 6 girls, and this was my first foray into the world of "boy toys." Not a barbie doll or frou-frou of any kind in sight. Very eye-opening!)
Posted by: Eileen | January 18, 2009 at 07:32 AM
I do not understand the hold Star Wars has on young boys. It is exactly like that here as well.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 18, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Thank you for posting this! These drawings look just like Pippin's. I grew up without any brothers so I always wonder if page after page of pirates, droids, explosions, and mayhem are normal. Appears so :-) Whew!
Posted by: Marjorie | January 19, 2009 at 05:42 AM
Wow those are good droids! I am constantly picking up pieces of paper with battle scenes on them. I am sure if I could design a curriculum around Star Wars, my youngest would want to spend all his time doing school.
Posted by: Mary Chris | January 19, 2009 at 09:59 AM
This is a perfect example of gender differences [smile]. Absolutely fantastic.
Even if there are no pictures of an amaryllis.
~Luke
Posted by: Luke Holzmann | January 19, 2009 at 12:31 PM
those are great drawings. :^) i have a *lot* of star wars drawings myself. ;^)
Posted by: Lori | January 20, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Oh yes indeed! I have seven boys -- I can relate. :-)
Posted by: Michele Q. | January 21, 2009 at 04:57 PM
:) ...and isn't it amazing the level of detail that a droid elicits -- but don't ask for a drawing of a Blue Jay unless you want a stick figure with scribbly feathers.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 21, 2009 at 10:01 PM