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oscar's life   Monday, November 22, 2004 11:49 PM posted by Oscar   Oscar's Third Birthday A happy, happy day. Christian and Oscar both wore themselves out and are in bed. Today we gave Oscar the rest of his presents: an easel with one side for paper and a chalk board on the other. He loved it and said "It is my favorite present--I'm an artist now, like Joan Miro." He drew and drew for hours. Spirals and lines and snakes and rain and feet. He really does have a special knack for recognizing art. I think he has the Cytron photographic memory gene. He already knows the difference between Goya (La Maja), Velasquez (Las Meninas), Miro, Picasso, Calder, Lichtenstein, Warhol, and Frida Kahlo. I bought him a book on Picasso and a general art book a while back and he studies it while doing his business... Other presents: more legos, a little horse on a stick (to go with his cowboy music that mom sent). We had so much fun playing with the lego house--lego toilet, lego shower, lego sink, lego flowers, lego stove, lego pot, lego beds, lego cat, lego table, lego chairs, lego drawers, lego wheelbarrow... He went to school and collected leaves on the "patio" (the outdoor area where the kids play) for the "Mercado de Otoño" (the fall market). Christian spent a few hours at school making baskets with the other moms and gossiping. This Friday the 3 and 4 year olds are going to stage a market where the older kids have stands that "sell" nuts and fruits and the little kids go around with their little baskets "buying" what they need. Just like what the adults do next door at Mercado de la Cebada, except the vendors will be wearing chestnut and berry costumes. Next week, they'll have a birthday party at school for Oscar. He'll get to wear a crown and be king for the day.