Magic Marker Monday — Imaginary Friends…

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”

~Pablo Picasso

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Seems like every week I’m finding a seven-year-old’s doodle version of the Sunday funnies around here.

This week was patterned after the comic strip Mutts by Patrick McDonnell.

I noticed she had some shadowy figures in the lower right corner and had thought that she just changed her mind about where she wanted her people to be, but no…

Come to find out, they are intentionally drawn that way.

The four visible figures in the foreground represent our family commenting on how silly the characters of the comic strip are. (In case you aren’t familiar with the Mutts comic strip, the two main characters are a little black and white dog named Earl and a black kitty named Mooch with a fondness for pink socks.)

And the small shadowy figures in the lower right corner?

Oh, don’t mind those. Those are just the seven-year-old’s imaginary friends.

And in case you were wondering, they happen to think Earl and Mooch are pretty silly too.

Almost as silly as a certain 7-year-old I know.

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Michelle is a stay-at-home mom, wife to her wonderful husband, and mother of their two adorable and much-loved children. Through her blog, In The Life of a Child, Michelle has grown a passion for supporting families who are parenting children through extreme medical challenges. Her oldest child was born with a rare birth defect known as a lymphatic malformation and was also diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome. Michelle and her husband share a common goal as parents: To treasure every moment and raise their children to be extraordinary individuals.

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