Giraffe

GIRAFFE

(a.k.a The Art Gallery V)

The other day the twins were refusing to do something they are definitely capable of doing.

This is how children work. They stubbornly want to do things when they can't, when it will cause you more work to fix their mistakes or mess. They then lose interest at the precise moment in time they can do it themselves.

In frustration, I said:

Why are you guys so hopeless? You're six. Do you know a baby giraffe learns to walk within minutes of birth?

J immediately replied:

Of course I do.

And he would, because the world rankings of giraffe experts are:

1. David Attenborough
2. Twin J

Giraffes were the first things he drew that actually looked like what he was drawing. These are aged four...

And this is J's giraffe drawing, age six-and-a-half... 

When I saw this, I asked him if he'd copied a picture.

"I know what a giraffe looks like! I saw them at the zoo yesterday," he replied angrily.

So in conclusion, a boy who can't dress himself for school in less than 30 minutes without parental intervention has a photographic memory for drawing some animals.

I'd rather he put his undies on properly.