Creative Thinking

I’ve been working hard trying to see lewis’ view of the world. He has such a creative mind, so different from my type of creativity. 

He sees even the smallest things differently. Like shading in boxes...I knew something would be said despite him clearly understanding the concept. He even noticed the number pattern on the right as he was doing the work. 

He brought home this very cool zoo set he helped make and immediately added dinosaurs. 

He loves to build things from cardboard, so when he saw the empty bolts and rolls at Joann’s he couldn’t resist. We took seven home. 

He built his baby brother a fun hanging toy, and it even coordinates. 



Lewis thought Levi needed something more to look at so he drew our family and a “crawling tunnel”. 

Levi was literally giggling under it, even though he can’t reach any of it (due to glitter. Ew.). 

Then we moved on to this super simple craft for his teacher. Not so much his style of creativity, but definitely mine. :)

Then we moved back to his realm...cooking. He made himself taco beef with some help and put together nachos. 

We went back to Joann’s because he just HAD to make something else. My creative helper position was wearing on me, but I said yes. He made an art easel. That was hard to swallow because I knew he would want to paint next. I pretty much crawl out of my own skin when I have to help kids paint. It made me pretty grouchy, especially when the blue paint got on a shoe and *almost* got tracked inside the house on the white carpet, but we made it through. 

That face. So deep in creative thinking. 

When he was almost done he said, “Mom, I’d like to sell my art.” The boys had been bugging me to have a garage sale all summer (because you know, there are endless LEGOs to be bought) and I said no all summer because 1) not worth my energy and 2) we don’t have stuff we don’t use and 3) newborn, people. BUT selling something you put time and energy into that expresses something from within you that’s beautiful? Yes. I will totally help you with that. 

So from Lewis’ (exhausting) creative mind we were inspired to have a Family Art Show....