Remember Miss M’s body art incident?
Well, we have progressed from arms and legs to other things…
I’m all for creative exploration and self expression, but there has to be some limits right??
So, should I see this as a small hooligan with a brown felt-tip, graffiti-ing (is this a word??) a privately owned property?
Or
Miss M exercising her design skills in the hope of becoming a future architect??
Miss M: “Hmmm, I think a thatched roof would add great character to this property, and of course there would be the added bonus of an extra £20 000 on the asking price should you decide to sell your fourth home and buy that small country instead.”
And is this Miss M having a colouring free-for-all on the nearest available clean, shiny surface?
Or a comment on the environmental effects of non-biodegradable plastics being used in children’s toys?
A distinct hatred of Little Einsteins?
Or a comment on the quality of todays television and it’s effect on developing minds?
Adding a little something to the design??
(NB. That is brown felt tip pen, not, erm, anything else, and it’s wet because it’s been recently cleaned and anti-bac sprayed, not, again, for any other reason.)
Or
…an expression of how public conveniences in the UK are kind of, well, shi**y,
Or
…a complaint about voyeuristic bears?
Or
…is she just being a little fiend??
Of course we had a little talk as we wiped it up (hooray for washable felts), and Miss M is not allowed to use felt tips for a few weeks now.
But God help us when she does…
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October 26th, 2007 at 9:17 am
Any writing implement is still not safe in my house. I do not know how old they have to be to not write on things they aren’t supposed to write on.
Grrr…
October 26th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Ah yes, I remember those days. I still have a black permanent marker streak on the bottom of my shower that rather “suddenly” appeared. I have one child. He swore he didn’t do it. And yet, the marker was found uncapped on my bathroom sink and his hands had some evidence on them… That was 4 years ago and no cleaner out there has been able to get rid of the mark.
October 26th, 2007 at 9:41 am
I would have taken the markers away too. I don’t know that you could call it creation… Maybe she needs much bigger pads of paper?
K wasn’t allowed to have her markers out with out supervision until just last year.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Yeah, we’ve been there. With nail polish too! Markers are only allowed under strict supervision.
October 26th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Rc, what a nightmare. E only did this occasionally, but I suppose part of it is that we didn’t have stuff like that in the house when she was M’s age.
Belle, hee hee. Miss E once blamed Baby Annabel for drawing on the wall on the stairs. Little monkey.
Cami, she has plenty of paper, she’s just a litte monkey. I swear I was only out of the room about 10 minutes as I cooked tea, and Miss E was in there with her, but she was stuck in a book and didn’t notice. Grrrr.
Lori, nail varnish is worse isn’t it.
Miss M will beback on the crayons for a while now.
October 26th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
I am a crayon Nazi. Emma is seated at an old table, strapped into a chair, and all crayons are counted before she is unstrapped and released.
She doesn’t like colouring much.
But when she isn’t strapped in, things like The Piano Incident of 2007 happen. Yeah.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Kim, I may have to do that.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Wow. It sort of reminds me of Madden — you know, the guy who makes the marks on the television screen for football plays in the US? Or maybe she’s a budding Picasso? Jackson Pollack? My three boys are quite grown now, but I do remember that ink pens were the absolute worst. Good luck!
October 26th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
AEM’s handy hint: Baby wipes get felt tip off nearly anything, as long as they aren’t the alcohol free wipes, erm, or permanent markers… Ooh, diluted Stardrops is good too. Sorry, starting to sound like sad shopping channel.
Ps. Is it wrong of me to say I like your potty? Hmm, probably.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
The potty shot was extra good!
October 26th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
I think you just may have a future sign writer or interior decorator on your hands there Jo…good luck!
October 26th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I wonder where she gets it from. Hmm…
;o)
October 26th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
This is the very reason I cheered when Crayola came out with wash offable markers!!!!!
October 26th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
oh my…..I would have died of shock. I keep the markers up too. eeeeekkkk…. I am glad it all washed off. whew….
October 27th, 2007 at 3:53 am
She’s not progressed to the walls yet then????
PS I’ve posted another Nursery Rhyme Quiz today if you fancy a go. Get her to help you it’ll keep her out of mischief!
October 27th, 2007 at 6:28 am
Just don’t buy them any spray paint, Jo.
Remember what happened when Mr B got his hands on some of that stuff last New Year?
October 27th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Thanks Kellypea. A Jackson Pollack or Picasso in the making would be fine.
Englishmum, I cannot imagine a world without baby wipes. How did our parents cope?
And Miss M loves that potty. She chose it herself. God help us when we don’t need it anymore. I’m sure she’ want to keep it.
Oh the Joys, I am so proud of the potty shot. Big sigh.
Hee hee Mad Goat Lady, I hope that’s it.
Avery, I did used to draw on stuff. If you ever read the Eighteenth Emergency, that book was about me, except Marv Hammerman never tried to beat me up.
Corey. I nearly did. It can take an age for them to tidy up, yet they can reek havoc so quickly.
Akela, not was yet. Mummy’s leg, but not walls.
Oh and I’l be over for the quiz.
Napoleon. It’s all Mr B’s fault isn’t it? I knew it was.
October 27th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
How about covering one wall in paper so she can scribble there? A friend of mine did that with her toddler and it (mostly) worked. Mr. Clean Erasers did the rest. lol
October 28th, 2007 at 2:36 am
I think my 3 year old reads your blog Jo. (I could call him Mr T, but that would distract you with memories of the A-Team). When I returned home yesterday, he’d been at it with the crayons, on the television as well as the fridge. He’s either a fan, or the telepathy thing is working between him and Miss M. ;-D
October 28th, 2007 at 4:56 am
Hi JaniceNW. Sorry I didn’t catch you earlier. Those were the felts we had. Crayola washables. They’re amazing aren’t they?
October 28th, 2007 at 5:03 am
Cablegirl, that’s a fab idea. I’m just a bit scared she might not stick to the paper though…;)
21st CM, I think there’s definitely telepathy going on. Hmmmm. I wonder if there’s a way we coul
d use this to our advantage, hee hee.
October 28th, 2007 at 5:09 am
That is wonderful!
October 29th, 2007 at 10:49 am
Despina, I am so proud.