News and a Toddler’s Sweet Revenge
Some of you are really close on your guesses! And if you think the suspense has been killing you, it’s been even tougher on me! I will dispel two of the rumors…I’m not having a baby and the Williamsburg idea was only a potential. I haven’t said anything to anyone about that. Anyway, if you want to post any more guesses in the comments section, feel free!
This Christmas, I gave my son a set of washable markers. He loves to draw and color, and after one incident when he wrote his name in crayon on his sister’s bedspread (No, Mommy! That wasn’t me! :hissyfit:), he’s been pretty good about writing on paper.
So imagine my horror when I walked into his room and found that SOMEONE had used markers to color my son’s quilt. Purple markers, to be exact. And it wasn’t on the colored sections of the quilt, but the white sections.
Guess who decided on her own form of vengeance? Yep, the two-year-old daughter. Red and purple. And let me just say that washable markers do not always come out. 
I think it’s *mostly* out now, but it took more than one washing cycle. Did she feel remorse? Not a whit. I swear, when she was put in time out, she was grinning.
Have your kids ever been a little too “creative” with markers and crayons? Or if you don’t have kids, did you ever color anything you weren’t supposed to?
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beth Says:
Ok, so I’ve been waiting and trying not to sniffle too much about not being one of the friends in the know…and hoping that since Wednesday, January 4th was never going to come that you were going to spill the beans on the Wednesday part of it, rather than the January 4th part. Guess it’ll be tomorrow?
The only thing remotely close to toddler mahem I can offer is teething puppy stories. Not really the same.
Peggy Says:
I walked into my kitchen and found all my bottom cupboards covered in chalk. The little monster looked up and proudly said, “Look, Mommy, pictures!”. Thankfully, it was only chalk and easily washed off.
Melissa Marsh Says:
Oh yes. My daughter colored on the walls in our apartment when I was going to grad school. By the time I moved out, I didn’t know that there was a magic material you can use to get the crayons off the wall and I just tried to scrub it off. Needless to say, I didn’t get my deposit.
The worst, though, was actually my fault - I didn’t check all the pockets in our clothes before I threw them in the laundry and my daughter had a few crayons in her pocket. When I put the clothes in the dryer (and yes, it was a load of WHITES), I took them out and noticed that they were covered with blue and reds. The crayons had actually melted into the clothes and stained them. Repeated washes did nothing to get them out, either!
Melissa Mc Says:
My kids colored all over our white bathtub with markers. I thought the little one had just gone it to watch big sister use the toilet. Uh-uh. They decided to play Picasso. The markers said “washable” but I never could get all of the marks out. I was so upset they didn’t even hesitate when I said to go to their rooms!
Sue aka MsCreativity Says:
Ouchies. My two went through a phase when they were toddlers of tearing wallpaper off the walls - I remember it well!
Sue