The Suit

Children, when they really get interested in art, go for themes. With the girls (and I have to say, even though this is a stereotype, it holds true no matter the culture of art ability of the child or parent) go for the cutesy: Ponies, pretty ladies, et cetera.

Our youngest goes for the suit.

He had a suit he wears to church on Sundays. Or at least had a suit until he grew out of it. We're too cheap to buy another -- the one he had was a hand-me-down -- and since he's far too small for the next one in line, he's currently suitless. He tried to make us feel guilty and buy him a new suit by wearing the vest from the suit as part of his pajama ensemble for a few weeks, but we didn't fall for it.

So he draws lots of pictures with him in a suit. Except he can't quite draw the lapels, so we have to help him (I think he's going to grow up to be an Ankh-Morpork wizard; he INSISTS on lapels).