Reflections

Treyson entered "Reflections" a national art contest, again this year.

This year's theme, "Together We Can...."

".....Be Colorful. Because people are colorful and our world is colorful." -Treyson Smullin

He made a watercolor rainbow last year and talked about doing another rainbow this year. I encouraged him to pick something else. He came up with kids wearing colorful shirts..... like a rainbow.

His first rendering had more kids and more colors, but in the end it looked like this.

He's hopeful and focused on a medal this year. (He has seen Taylee get one the last 2 years.) I talked to him about doing it for FUN and because he likes to draw, instead of doing it to win a medal. He said, "I know, I know. I will do it for fun..... and a medal."

Last year, he received a participation ribbon/certificate and that didn't seem nearly as FUN as a medal.

The day after turning it in, he started fretting about it coming back and if it had been judged yet. I told him that it takes a LONG time to get it back and he won't know for a LONG time. Really, we'll probably know after Thanksgiving break and an awards ceremony will be the first week of December, but for him it will be a LONG time.

I don't know whether to ask you to cross your fingers that Treyson gets a medal or wish me luck if he doesn't.