We have been looking for something that J could do--something that would be specifically for him since C gets to spend a lot of time with baseball, drum lessons, skateboarding, etc. It can be a little difficult to find a great fit for J because of his needs. For example, large groups are out, camps are out.

So we decided to get him art lessons. He is bright and creative and loves to draw, paint, sculpt, etc. Sparky could obviously handle art lessons. He is very talented. But taking lessons from your dad is too much like listening to your parents and would probably go the way of piano lessons from mom--a complete disaster resulting in tears and foot stomping.

Lucky for us a good friend of ours is also an artist and agreed to take on Jake as a student. They are sitting right now at the table creating monsters and creatures and morphing my poor Roxie into a three headed, winged hydra. Thankfully it's only on paper and we are not conducting science experiments as of yet!

He is having a great time and getting to indulge that imagination of his. So far. So good.