Jessie Boy Blue

Crocodile Crazy

April 11, 2010

Anyone who has a business that caters to children knows that the last to receive any kind of perks from your efforts are your  actual children. I’ve painted a few things for my kids but they were before I started my business. My daughter’s been asking for a Princess Crown Plaque forever! I keep saying ,”soon…soon” but I haven’t got around to it yet. The thing is -  I’m always painting for customers that when I do get a break that’s exactly what I want – a break.

I did this Crocodile for a little boy but when my son, Nate, saw it he loved it! He was carrying it all over the house. He even took it to his room and showed me where on the wall he would like to have it hung. I lamely tried to explain to my 2 year old that it was for another little boy and that I would make him one “after”. As I was listening to myself say this I realized that I could make another one. You tend to think in dollar signs when you have a business when really what my son was doing was the reason I paint. He was so delighted  – I couldn’t take that away from him in that moment.

So, now it’s Nate’s Crocodile and it seems right – like it was meant to be. It was a  sweet reminder that my children are my biggest fans. I better get to work on that plaque.

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