I am not sure exactly why or when this happened, but for some reason Tristan is fascinated (read: obsessed) with the moon. It started when he was able to point out a moon in his books. Then when he began to speak, one of the first things he actually 'exclaimed' was 'the moon!'. It was daytime and the moon was barely visible in the blue sky. I thought wow! good eye kid. In August we attended husbands annual Knights Family Picnic. They had games and prizes for the kids. Tristan won a mini-magnadoodle thing. To entertain my 15 month old, I drew a circle and said look what mommy drew. The moon! he screamed with delight. Mommy drew THE MOON. and so began the lovefest. Ever since that day if I heard 'mommy/daddy draw moon' once, I heard it thousands of times. If there is any writing utensil around, Tristan will insist, beg, plead, to draw him a moon. Doesn't have to be fancy, just a circle. We have been drawing moons everyday since August. thats a whole lotta moons. Moons have been drawn on paper, aquadoodles, coloring books, walls, whiteboards, napkins, on tile, in carpet, in the sand, in the air, on his belly. Me and husband both have created beautiful pictorials that would dazzle any toddlers eyes. complete with his favorite characters, trucks, houses, trees, bugs, monsters, landscapes, and every other item that a kid would enjoy- Look what mommy drew -a really cool halloween picture...see here is the green witches and the orange pumpkins and look at the silly haunted house I drew. His response: 'Mommy draw moon, draw BIG moon.' But look sweetie, mommy drew Dora the Explorer here next to the pumpkin. 'Mommy draw moon....draw BIG moon. Look Daddy drew you Santa Claus and the reindeer and.... 'daddy draw big moon'... 'daddy draw moon right there... and draw moon there....draw BIIIIGGGG moon here... and so it goes.
and then in no time at all,our splendid artwork is littered with small moons, quarter moons, half moons, big moons, happy moons, moons, moons everywhere!!!
Ok then, certainly not hard to please. Its just a circle that takes a nano second to throw on paper and it makes him HAPPY. SO VERY HAPPY. How lucky for us to be able to light his little world up, if only for a moment, with a simple circle! For some reason the moons make him happy. The moons make him smile. And every time I see that smile, I can't help but want to give him... well, the moon, of course. Its a win-win all around. Tristan, mommy will always draw you BIG moons.....always and forever. I promise.