9 tomorrow, can’t wait to grow up

Tomorrow we will celebrate our son’s 9th birthday. When I kissed him goodnight I reminded him of his last moments as an 8-year old: ‘Tomorrow you’ll be niiine’…

He stared mid-air, and replied, ‘And then quickly move on to 10.’

And then to 18. And driving, me thinks 😉

He is just car crazy, you see, always has been.

The trouble with trucks – indeed. One of his first books.

An early drawing, the HEMA truck, age 4

test drive at 7

at the vintage car dealer at 7

at the carwash, at 6

At Monsterjam 2013

At Monsterjam 2013 getting Thor’s autograph

Monster Clash – set up after been to Monster Jam

close up – taken from his own camera

🙂

Posing with knitted Ferrari – art work by Lauren Porter called 12 Miles of Yarn.

embroidered logo of knitted Ferrari – art work by Lauren Porter called 12 Miles of Yarn.

12 miles of yarn (2006) byLauren Porter

For his party tomorrow we will have the use of a Land Rover Defender, the car craze of the moment, to drive to and from a venue (and it turned out difficult falling asleep with this knowledge 😉 Last year an electric yellow cab took care of the ride, it was cool then, but this is awesome!

Invitation to the party tomorrow – Defender is number one at the moment

There are many more, and it’s fun to dig them out again, to re-live the moments. The gigs we took him to, the excitement of everything car. To see how he’s developed his interest. Carboy, TopGear being his favorite program, will definitely try to drive asap!

But! it is the painting of Gustav Klimt that reminds me of the very car boy. {The painting is on the cover of a new novel, and my eyes were glued to it, I copied it to my desktop} It reminds me of us. Mother and Child, forever.

I wish he stays a cuddly 9 a looooong time ,-)

Mother and Child by Gustav Klimt

{Art alert! I’m developing an interest in the Mother and Child theme!}