Nothing not to love about artists

Today we had to get out to get my medicine refill and me being the type of person that must go more than one place when I have to get the kids dressed to decided we needed to go to the pet store. We like to go there because the kids can watch all the furry animals that mommy wont allow. I'm all for snakes, but mice and rats? Umm no...although mice are cute, still...no. While we were parking I noticed that next to the Trek bikes was an art store I had never been to. I thought why not we will go in there and check it out. First off it was small, but they had everything I love! All the Tim Holtz stuff you could ever dream about, and I wanted it all! haha I was good though and got none, yay me! They had all different types of paints that you don't see at Micheals, canvas galore, and so much more. It was fun to go through and look at everything even though the whole time Jase was complaining he wanted to go home. Then when we were about to leave and I was debating on the size of canvas I wanted to get, Jase started grabbing things and so did Caroline. I have never seen them act this hyper in a store, grabbing and shrieking. I instantly became embarrassed because there were other people near us staring, but then this lady came up to me. She had artist practically written all over her. She had colorful dreadlocks, paint stained clothes, and wearing all black. She looked at me right in the eyes and said "I have never seen kids get so excited about art supplies, you must be an amazing mother to allow them to express their creativity even if it means being loud in an art store." I never even thought of it that way! They were probably just as excited as I was to see all these new paints, the large canvas bigger than them all white and ready for messy fun. I guess some times it takes an outside person to show you what your kids are thinking.