Old Dog, New Trick

We bought Luke some bathtub crayons several months ago and he has been working his fingers to the bone, coming up with some truly good drawings.
But this is his greatest achievement.
I didn't really pay attention when he announced that he was going to draw the dog, it didn't sound too far out of his league, I was pretty surprised when he asked me to check it out. It was a perfect rendition of "Old Yeller"
"Wait a minute Dad, we forgot summin'", he dug through the cup of crayons and pulled out the red,"Here we go", he muttered as he added his final flourish.
"Finished."
I sat amazed. What do you say to such genius? What words could sum up my flood of emotions? The smile on his face showed no embarrassment, no shame of his art, laid bare for the whole house to see.
But the artist stood waiting, expectant, pleading for a critique of the masterpiece from his harshest of judges yet biggest fan.
"So, what is that?", I asked, pointing at the bright red appendages.
"That is he,, uh", suddenly he realized that he knew what they "were" and yet didn't have the vocabulary to tell me exactly what he had depicted so perfectly.
"Those are, he uh", he gazed down at his own, in hopes that the word would be written across his belly or perhaps his "Willie Nelson" might sing out the word he so desperately searched for. A smile began to creep across his face as he brought his eyes up to meet mine," Those are he NUTS!"
We smiled at each other for a moment before he covered his mouth and laughed. This is what being a boy is all about.

An anatomically correct dog! I wonder how old Picasso was before he rendered his first nude? I bet he was older than 3! Honestly, "Old Yeller" don't look too pleased that he is left "hangin' in the wind". Red-eyed dogs are scary.

These two faces are "Max & Ruby" according to Luke.