I branched out in my homeschooling efforts this morning. Ben expressed a desire to paint so I pulled out the water colours and set him up. Joseph soon followed suit. Ben told me that he was painting the world while Joseph was, of course, making monsters. Immediately upon completing his monsters, he wanted to show them to Isaac to see if his creations were sufficiently terrifying.
I mentally patted myself on the back and thought, "Hey, look at me: all homeschooly and creative. Wow."
So, I put on Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and told Ben, who had begun to pack up his art supplies, to paint swans.
Because that's what the music is about.
He looked at me with a look that said, 'What has gotten into my mother?', and said, "I have to go pee."
When he arrived back, he told me very firmly, "I don't want to make swans. Why would I do that?"
And then I noticed that Joseph was drinking the used paint water.
If my life is anything, it is humbling.
2 comments:
When it comes to being creative, kids have a mind of their own for sure. lol I think the worst thing we can ask them too, after they display the finished product is, "what is it?" it's as if we're insulting them. We are "supposed to know". lol Take care with paints too Elena, they contain toxins.
I hope you at least enjoyed the music, though it might have been lost on the boys.
I think Swan Lake requires little girls and tutus, remember the old days with you and Rebecca?
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