Sketching & Painting, August 2008

It's been almost five months since we've moved in to our new home and we are all settled in very nicely. Paying for both the house and the car, plus all the rest of the bills has been extremely challenging, but the ends still meet and we're all making it work.





One of the most amazing milestones has been discovering Little Nio's inclination towards the arts. I gave him a pencil and an old sketch pad, and showed him how he could draw a line, and off he went.







Here's Little Nio passionately scribbling away. The results are not very impressive, but he's just getting warmed up. Give him a few more years and he will be surprising all of us.



Here's Little Nio with a thoughtful and determined expression.





He discovers his Daddy's old boxed set of LightWave and starts reading through the specifications. Like any good geek in the making, he doesn't let the box cover fool him. Little Nio carefully examines the fine print at the back of the box.





He must've discovered something very impressive in the LightWave features list because he spontaneously starts applauding.



Little Nio spends a lot of time visiting with me in the study where all the computer equipment is placed. After a long session of fiddling around with computer equipment, he's ready to call it a night and he heads for the door with his teddy bear rucksack on his back.



Despite all the cute and fuzzy toys we give him, Little Nio is infinitely more interested in things like computer keyboards.



Here he is happily punching away at the keys while sitting in his playpen.



Another favorite with him is the wireless phone. Here he is cradling an old spare wireless telephone handset.





Just in case you think we let Little Nio spend all of his time in front of computers and caged up in his playpen. Here he is scrutinizing a balloon that is supposed to be in the shape of a flower. He doesn't look too convinced.



With his aunt, Pa Kut, on one side and his Mommy on the other, Little Nio prepares to enjoy a few hours out near our village clubhouse. The developers have organized a small community day with some activities for kids.



Sitting on his Daddy's lap, Little Nio tries his hand at painting a dinosaur figurine. At one year and five months old, he's already showing a lot of interest in the arts. He knows instinctively that the colors are supposed to go on to the plaster figurine, and he knows better to not taste the paints. The results are not very impressive, but he's got a lot of time to develop his aesthetic senses and the skills to express them.