Hello everyone! Well, as much as I was inspired by Matthew’s [made-up] story about George Washington being second president of the moon (if you haven’t read it already, then have a read HERE), I decided not to draw George Washington on the moon with his alien friends.

Instead, I was inspired by a sentence I read when I was doing research on George Washington. I read it in a bunch of different places, and I thought it was interesting. It was “George Washington was known as an energetic dancer.” I thought it was funny because that’s a strange way to describe someone’s dancing, I think. I’ve heard “beautiful,” “talented,” and “skilled,” but “energetic” makes me think of him hopping up in the air and kicking his heels and having everyone around him look at him sideways and wonder why he has to dance so crazy. The fact that he was over 6 feet tall also probably made it hard to ignore his “energetic” dancing. Poor Martha. I bet she was totally embarrassed every time they had to go out to a party.

So, here he is, kicking up his heels:

For those of you who would like a coloring page, you can download one HERE or just print out this one:

So get out your pens and pencils and figure out what you think is interesting about George Washington. Draw a picture and post it in the comments or on instagram using #bobbledygeorge.

We’ll look at our submissions for the week and name a Champion of the Week (this means you can also enter your writing prompt HERE for another chance to win!). You’ll get an archival print of my George Washington drawing and a beautiful [paper] trophy with your name on it to color in. Go to it! And, Happy Almost Birthday, George Washington!

If an archival print isn’t good enough for you, you can bid on the original illustration HERE on eBay. Wahoo!