Going digital

If there is one thing I obsess about, is constantly asking if I am doing everything I can to help my kids thrive and giving them the tools they need to succeed. 

Ren has an immense love for drawing and reading, we use countless amounts of paper every day to let him scribble away. Initially I bought sketch books, which I thought were easier for him to draw on and could be kept and flipped to look back at his drawings and scribbles. However, I quickly realised these sketchbooks could only last a day or 2. Yes! That is how much he draws, to put into perspective, he draws at a minimum 5-8 hours every day from the moment he reaches home from school to weekends when he is not in therapy or swim class. 

They say practice makes perfect, I couldn't agree more. The digital drawing pad allows him to expand his creativity, play with a myriad of colours and explore many different aspects of creativity, including animation. 

Technology is not my forte, I took the entire day just to figure out how to set up the digital pad to the laptop. Oh did I mention, I even had to buy a laptop just to hook it up as it doesn't run on its own. Rookie mistake, but hey, now we have an extra laptop to maybe play around with simple coding as well. The things you can do with technology!

Anyway, I am so excited that Ren is embracing this drawing pad, although he does complain every now and then, wanting to go back to using a pencil and paper to draw. Balance is key, but selfishly I do want to capture all his drawings here, I love that I can scroll through what he drew from the day :)