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| Daytime & Nighttime Dancers |
Ok, doodling in and of itself is not the secret that binds
families together. However, this week, I
was reminded of just how important shared interests and family fun are in
encouraging strong bonds. A friend of
mine was talking on Facebook about a cool free site that she loves to use for
doodle breaks: Pixlr.com. After seeing
some of her beautiful drawings, I HAD to check it out for myself.
Although not the most talented, I am an artist at
heart. Years ago, I regularly painted
and sketched as hobbies. But with the chaos
of motherhood, I’ve sidestepped these interests for now. This site seemed like a small, much less
expensive way to appease my creative desires (much like my recent discovery of
the joys of amateur movie making last month).
So I eagerly punched in the web address and set to work at figuring out
the many tools of the Pixlr Editor.
Curious to see what I was doing, my 5-year-old daughter came
to watch. Seeing all the beautiful
colors and neat designs I could make on the screen, she immediately started
spouting ideas for things that I could draw.
As I was randomly doodling, a face started to appear in my drawing, and
my little girl exclaimed, “Mommy, we HAVE to make a girl!”
As I let inspiration and her suggestions guide my hand, in
time our shared project took shape and we decided to make it a doodle of
daytime and nighttime dancers. It’s not
a masterpiece, but the smiles it brought to our faces were. It was so incredibly fun to do something randomly
creative with my little one and to see where our combined ideas could take us! Within a half an hour, we had created
something new and unique—something that neither of us would have been able to
make without the other. In this little
drawing, I still see my princess’s excitement and enthusiasm and I can still
hear her giggles and squeals of delight.
We have already made plans to print this doodle out, frame
it, and then start our own wall of family art.
With a simple site, we have ignited a common family interest and years
from now, we will have these memories and art to share. There is something about hands united in a
mutual activity that reminds us of how lucky we are to have our family and of
why we work so hard every week to keep our family happy, healthy, and provided for.
What do you do with your children to help keep your family
strong and connected?
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