The Eight-Year-Old browses our bookshelves

The Eight-Year-Old, while browsing through our bookshelves, stops abruptly at a shelf full of pastel-spined books. Mommyo, curiously: “What are you looking at, The Eight-Year-Old? My books…

The Eight-Year-Old redraws famous works of art with tigers: Blue Tigery

Earlier this summer, The Eight-Year-Old stumbled onto the concept of derivative art. She looks up various works of art on her Daddyo’s iPad, then redraws them as portraits of Tigery. Earlier this summer, she integrated Tigery into da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Munch’s The Scream, and Manet’s Self-Portrait with Palette. This week, The Eight-Year-Old and her buddy Tigery are reworking Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy.

The Eight-Year-Old eats lunch

The Eight-Year-Old, munching happily on a picnic lunch: “Pringles should not mess in the affairs of humans for they are crunchy, and good with ketchup.” Related…

The Eight-Year-Old redraws famous works of art with tigers: Tigery’s Self-Portrait with Palette

Earlier this summer, The Eight-Year-Old stumbled onto the concept of derivative art. She looks up various works of art on her Daddyo’s iPad, then redraws them as portraits of Tigery. Earlier this summer, she integrated Tigery into da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Munch’s The Scream. This week, The Eight-Year-Old and her buddy Tigery are reworking Edouard Manet’s Self-Portrait with Palette.

The Eight-Year-Old redraws famous works of art with tigers: The Tigery’s Scream

Earlier this summer, The Eight-Year-Old stumbled onto the concept of derivative art. She looks up various works of art on her Daddyo’s iPad, then redraws them as portraits of Tigery. You can see her first effort, the Tigery a Lisa, here. This week, The Eight-Year-Old and her buddy Tigery are reworking Edvard Munch’s The Scream.

The Eight-Year-Old redraws famous works of art with tigers: The Tigery a Lisa

Over the weekend, The Eight-Year-Old stumbled onto the concept of derivative art. She looked up various works of art on her Daddyo’s iPad, then proceeded to redraw them as portraits of Tigery.

Driving while parenting, Episode VII

The Eight-Year-Old, out of the blue, on a recent trip to the suburbs: “Mommyo, what protects tow trucks from UV radiation?” Mommyo, curiously: “I don’t know, The…

We interrupt your Tuesday to wish The Eight-Year-Old’s Grandpa a Very Happy Birthday

Last year, we were lucky enough to be able to go to Florida for The (then) Seven-Year-Old’s Grandpa Howell’s birthday. Naturally, the topic of what to…

In which dancing breaks out

The Eight-Year-Old, after receiving the The Complete Calvin & Hobbes box set on a recent birthday: “Calvin and Hobbes! I got Calvin and Hobbes! I’ve struck gold!…