What has she won? Only a really cool art contest for her school district and a local business. And by cool, I mean they-give-out-great-prizes kind of cool...
Okay, just drawing the picture was cool, too. Sheesh.
Here it is:
I would like to point out that Kid D is seven-years-old! And yes, I might be just a little proud of how hard she worked on this project. How hard, you ask? Blood and tears hard. But when she finished her drawing, she decided it was very worth it. She kept looking at it and saying, "I never thought I could draw something so good."
I agreed about it being awesome--not about the unbelief--because I'm just that nice of a mom.
And since I'm sure you're wondering what she won, it was this little old thing called a HUNDRED BUCKS!!!
Do you know how big a seven-year-old's eyes get when they find out their hard work got them one hundred big ones?
Let's just say they eclipsed the rest of her face.
And boy is she ready to spend her loot. I made a few motherly suggestions on how to spend it, because like I said, I'm a great mom. It went something like this:
Me: What are you going to buy?
Kid D: Toys!
Me: Ummm, you're going to spend all of it on toys?
Kid D with eclipse-her-face-eyes: Yes!
Me: Don't you want to buy some groceries or something?
Kid D: No? (The question mark was there in her voice, I swear.)
Me: How about buying tires for the car?
Kid D: No way! (Note that the question mark had a very untimely death. May it rest in peace.)
Me: Ummm, how about paying the heating bill?
Kid D: Mom!
Me: What? I'm just trying to be responsible. It's my job. Double sheesh.
Kid D going off to look at toy ads: I want to buy a whole bunch of Squinkies.
Squinkies?
What are they, you ask? Little, miniature, minute, tiny, itty-bitty figurines about the size of my thumbnail.
Can you imagine a hundred dollars worth of Squinkies laying around my house?
Ummm, I'm going to go try and convince her to go with the grocery idea. Or underwear. Underwear is good. Right?
6 comments:
Ha ha ha, best of luck with the underwear idea! What a great drawing - so good! I love the little baby touching noses with the mother dinosaur. Congratulations, Kid D, and congratulations, Mom (I know it takes equal parts cheer leading from mom, and hard work from Kid D to do such a masterpiece)!!
What kid wouldn't want to spend their winnings on underwear? Or socks, socks are good too!
That's an awesome drawing! Congratulations to her! And condolences to you on the Squinkies. We have a couple dollars worth of them in the house and just the idea of $100 worth of Squinkies is terrifying. Good luck!
How totally AWESOME, Kid D!
I can't believe you drew that and you're only 7-1/2. Oh, my goodness. You're going to be FAMOUS before you hit high school. Did you get your talent from your Mom? If so, you'd better at least give her a big hug and kiss, if not a few groceries.
I'm so impressed I'm floating on clouds. Congratulations!! (Lots of exclamations allowed).
Hugs and a handshake,
Renie
Cool for her! And good luck the twinkies! (or whatever they're called....)
Jonene, I thought it was a brilliant idea. ;) And thanks more than you know.
Cherie, ohhh, socks. Great idea. I'm sure she'll like it. he he he
Jenilyn, it is terrifying, isn't it? :)
Irene, I'll tell her. Thanks so much. You are such a sweetie.
Julie, one hundred bucks worth of Twinkies would be even scarier. He he he.
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