A Child’s Version of Killing Time – Rock Art

Yesterday I locked myself out of my car.  While waiting for a towing company to come break us into the car, I braced myself for a painful hour with a sometimes impatient 4-year-old.  But once again Monster surprised me with his imagination and patience!  He carefully carried rocks, two at a time, from a nearby garden and formed the most amazing rock pictures of his family (Mommy, Daddy and Monster, in that order).

Here is a close-up of “rock” Daddy:

This is an example of yet another lesson that I can learn from my child – to make the best of any situation.

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