I can't draw.

My son is interesting.

He got his report card the other day (all A's and B's...with one C+) and it needs to be signed by a parent...and the little man himself.

Pretty easy right?

Not in this house.

He doesn't want to sign it.  He wants to draw an animal as his signature instead.

Small problem.

I can't draw.  And Nicholas doesn't want to make a mistake.

The animal of choice?  A bird.

And he doesn't want ME to draw just any ole cheap bird.  Its gotta be a good one!

Robin? 

Cardinal?

Sparrow?

Crow?

Seagull?

Big bird?

No way - those birds are lame!

He wants a Painted Bunting.

I didn't even know there was such a bird until I asked him to google it up for me to show me.  As you can see from the picture - its a really colorful and pretty bird.  No wonder that he likes it (he likes the Snow Bunting as well!).  How am I gonna draw this bird so that it actually looks like a bird...and not a McNugget in waiting? 

Not a chance - I'm good at a few things...drawing isn't one of them.

After much discussion - here is the compromise.  Daddy will cut the bird out of the printout that he made....and Nicholas can glue it to the report card.  I can only imagine what his teacher is going to think.  It is a nice bird though!  :)  Nicholas is a lot like his father...he seems to go for the act of the surreal...just to get people to stop, and go "WTF?"  ;)

My son has good taste in birds.