My daughter recently turned two years old, and she’s always been interested in pens and pencils and notebooks and crayons. Santa brought her some large-diameter pencils for her first Christmas in 2010. I spared Comrades the Cuteness Overload at the time, waiting for when she was ready to actually use them. She’s been “colohing” with colored pencils for a week or so, and she’s stolen pencils from me to “coloh” in my Field Notes on several occasions.
So today we stepped up to a “Big Girl Pencil” — My First Dixon, as it were, which we picked up today while we were out. She had largely worn the point down by Bedtime.
Now I merely delay the Cuteness Overload, which is immanent. Adorable Small Comrades (bka, “kids”) and pencils together — wow.
My first Dixon – a clever idea. Even with extra large letters printed on the pencil…
I should have sharpened some nice J.R. Moon (USA) pencils first, but she was very impatient. : )
Great post! Next to “daughter’s first word” in the scrapbook there’ll be “daughter’s first scribble.” :)
Thanks, Sean!
I was just joking with my wife that we might be raising a writer/artist. She’s got ink all over her hands today, and there are pencils/crayons EVERYWHERE! :)
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