Gage is totally enamored by Austen’s drawing. Show him one when he’s fussy and he stops fussing and starts cooing and smiling. If you stop holding the artwork in front of him, he complains until you return it to position. We know this is hard to believe. Dada didn’t believe it until he saw it first hand. Grandma and Grandpa Rodey are amazed when they see the phenomenon in action. Mommy has never heard anything like it, except maybe a philosophy professor discussing his child’s love of stim mobiles.
Mommy first discovered this when picking Austen up front art class. Austen’s colorful collage of painted foam peanuts was in her hand, so she showed it to Gage. His eyes fixated on it and he stop fussing about being stuck in his car seat and stared, following it up and down with his eyes, his brow furrowed. Later when he was shown a sticker-adorned marker drawing by Austen, he said “Ahhhh” and did his toothless grin. Mommy was so excited about Austen’s artistic potential that she packed up three of Austen’s drawings, got Austen to write her name and her cousins’ names on them, and sent them out in the mail. 🙂 Miss Liz, Austen’s art teacher, says she should continue at a special art school next year.