Vai @ 4.5yo : Little Sketches
One of the things that I notice recently is that Vai has started to draw and scribble much more frequently.
You see, he HAS been scribbling since he was much younger, but I somehow can see more ‘decipherable and recognisable’ scribbles from him lately.
Like the one above, for example.
It was a picture of a shepherd and his sheep, he said.
And when I saw it, I thought to myself, hey I COULD see that it kinda resembled a shepherd (especially obvious from the shepherd’s stick in his hand), and the creature next to him DID look like an animal of some sort (Vai did the curls on the sheep)
It was a nice improvement to how he would’ve drawn ‘a shepherd and a sheep’ a few months back.
…
You see, our 4.5yo little guy is not like his older sister who has shown her interest in scribbling and drawing at a much younger age (ie. before she was 2yo).
At 4.5yo, I know she was able to do more complex and ‘recognisable’ drawings too than what the little brother could.
But.
When I looked at this drawing above, I was again reminded of how every child is unique and special in his/her own way. And how as a parent, I need to always remember to NOT expect a sibling to be, to develop or to perform like his/her siblings (To not expect a child to be like any others too, basically)
And.
I do thank today’s digital technology that enables me to ‘keep’ and treasure simple little sketches like the above (ie. photos of what the kids drew and made, instead of collecting too many little pieces of paper around our little home)
Because I sure would like to remember this phase of Vai’s development.
The phase when his strokes and scribbles are still like this.
Simple. Yet, special in his own unique way.
