CSI art

The twins have this thing about getting us to trace the outlines of their hands and feet. I suspect it's something they do in school. They also try to do it themselves but it's not the most successful attempt at motor control although it is admirable.

This afternoon, I decided I would do one better than draw Evan's hand. He was still sleepy from his nap and was lying on the piece of mahjong paper I had laid out for him to scrawl on. So, I told him to lie still (he actually listens now) and drew an outline of him, much like the chalk outlines that crime scene investigators do. He was quite good at identifying himself and asked for some hair to be put on his chalk self's head and some eyes to go along. I have zero ability to do anything arty so it turned out looking this awful. He still thought it was a hoot though.


Of course, asking him to fill in the rest of the body with colour was impossible. I did however, see him ambidextrously at work with a colour pencil in one hand each and going at it with a great amount of zest. And as you will see in the video, he can also fling objects from both hands simultaneously with equal strength.

We suspect he might develop into a left-hander. Packrat is thrilled because he thinks left-handers are generally smarter and of higher intelligence. I, on the other hand, am concerned about how inconvenient it is to be left-handed with only 1% of school furniture catered for them. So, I'm trying to encourage him to switch hands. So far, it's worked but who knows if he really is going to be left-handed? If he is, I will go out and buy him his left-handed geometry and calligraphy set.


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