Jacob and His Markers

When I think about Jacob, I think about his markers. He loves them. He takes them to Grandma's house when he goes overnight. He uses them all the time and he is very creative with them. Most of the time he uses them to create masterpieces, either pictures or picture books, but sometimes he hooks them together to make a long line of them and pretends its a sword or light saber or some other form of weaponry. He has actually worn his markers out...dried them up to nothing. I don't think I ever used my markers enough to wear them out.

This is the way Jacob looks for much of the day. He does play with his toys, he watches movies, he tortures his brother, but he loves to draw. Sometimes he will draw for hours and Ethan, his sidekick, will just sit next to him and watch not saying anything (which for Ethan must be hard for he is very talkative). I love his creativity. He draws everything from our back yard to dinosaurs and snowmen. You name, he will draw it. Neither Curt or I share this talent and we are very much in awe of it.

This is how his fingers look all the time. He always has marker on his fingers. It is washable, but there are so many layers that even soaking in a bubble bath doesn't get it all off. I wonder if he will always love to draw. Will it someday be part of his profession. Curt (with his love of movies) thinks that Jacob would make a great story boarder. I hope that whatever he does, his creativity and love of drawing will not go away.