The 18th Longest Picture

Art, and I'm using the term loosely here, has been one of a few constants in the lives of my kids. From the time they could hold a crayon without immediately putting it in their mouths, we've had an art table in the family room for them to color, paint, cut, glue etc. If they are not playing outside or building a fort, they are begging one of us to draw with them. I think Jim has colored more in the past 6 years than he did in his previous 35 by a factor of 2-3 times. It seems we buy paper more often than milk.

Inspired by the movie Ramona and Beezus where Ramona and her dad draw a super long picture of their town, long enough to wrap around Ramona's classroom, the girls set out to draw the 'Longest Picture in the World'. After some discussion about how long that would have to be, Ryan settled on it being the '18th Longest Picture in the World', a claim no one can challenge.

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There was no consensus of what the picture should be so Sam declared it to be a design picture which apparently means lots of designs and little pictures within a picture and lots of colors, of course. As you can see, there is a rainbow airplaine and an actual rainbow, several people, a car driving down a street, a house with Christmas lights on it and in the bushes, some colorful clouds and flowers. There is also a twirly-ma-gig with loops and lines, the original "design" per Sam.

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Being it is the 18th Longest Picture, the art table would not accomodate it so it was created on the floor between the kitchen and the family room. This caused us to have to carefully avoid the masterpiece on our way to the kitchen. Yelling out "don't step on the 18th Longest Picture!" was cumbersome so Sam renamed it 'The Cluve'. Now if we can only find a place to hang The Cluve.