We’re back from Missouri! Lloyd’s sister and brother-in-law hosted Christmas at their house this year and invited us to their new, ginormous house. It was lovely – there was room for everyone to hang out and relax, and Christina impressed the socks off me by preparing Christmas dinner for twenty-two people. It was amazing!
We came back into Lincoln and Lloyd and the boys had Bad Movie Night, but they were going to a movie that I wanted to see (Sherlock Holmes 2), so I snuck in the theater and watched it. I would giggle with glee except I’m actually sniffling with a cold. Yeah, watching a two-hour movie is no fun when you’re blowing your nose with napkins from the concession stand (during the explosions, of course, so I wouldn’t detract from the movie).
Anyway, I came back home on my own and found the octopus that Brad drew in my sketch pad, and he painted it!!! Woo-hooo!! I was super-impressed, as he did such a realistic job and it look so nice:
Then…. I turned the pages. Before I show you what I found, let’s recall what my watercolors are like:
Remember? Kinda ‘stuck in first grade’ mode?
Now here’s Brad’s:
What the what??? What??? I can’t decide if I want to frame it or choke him with it. I know, I know, I know – “Different people have different talents and we can’t all be great at everything; both are good in their own ways; blah, blah, blah.” That’s all well and good, but if we entered these in the county fair, one of us would win first prize, and one of us would get a ‘participant’ ribbon.
Sorry about your ‘participant’ ribbon, Brad.
Brad says
Hehe… I’m sorry I wasn’t there when you discovered it. It was fun surprise to make. If it weren’t for Xbox and DVR, I would paint more at home. But how can anything compete with Xbox and DVR?
John and Kate Brady says
Hey, Lauren, you did what I was going to do after Christmas . . . get sick! I had it all planned, but somehow it didn’t work out for me.
Kris says
One of our daughters, when on the swim team, liked ‘participant’ ribbons best anyway, because they were pink:)
Peggy says
Choke him with it!! (But let him paint a few more first)
Gretchen says
Notice how Brad even signed his masterpiece. Rats, now you can’t take credit for it, Lauren.