When I went to the Frida's exhibit I brought along my mother-in-law and my five year old daughter. Aside from my own interest in Frida's work and perceptions I was amazed at the comments my five year old made. She was purely honest which is a quality that children posses until they are jaded by the intrusion of the worlds opinions. She was curious of the implications of death in Frida's paintings. She loved the animals, the birds and monkeys. On the way out of the exhibit we stoped and bought a kit which allows you to color Frida's paintings. My five year old has colored every picture and continues to ask for more. She is my little artist and I think that she was inspired by Frida's work. Even as such a young child she spends every waking moment we are at home drawling, painting, coloring, and writing. I wonder what she will decide to be when she grows up?
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Keep up the nurturing. Even if she doesn't become famous like Kahlo did, she'll still be an artist, and she'll be grateful someone understood her.
My three year-old daughter, Bianca, will actually communicate through drawing what she wants of words don't help her. My daughter speaks English and my mom speaks Spanish. Bianca wanted my mom to give her a Hostess cupcake from the freezer. So she asked her for it in English. My mom understood every other pastry in the fridge except the Hostess. My mom kept trying to give her things from waffles, to pancakes, to the homemade cupcakes that my wife made earlier. Finally my daughter went to my desk, grabbed a pencil and a piece of paper and drew a circle with swirl-loops in in it and showed it to my mom. "Oh," my mom said laughing and handed her the Hostess.
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