So as a pregnant mom with two other children there are moments when i get you know tired. It happens to all pregnant women we just get tired and sometimes the only thing you can do is sleep. Well when you have other kids there isn't much hope for getting any rest unless you are very clever or at least think you're clever. Today I needed a rest and had what i thought was a pretty good plan, after I put Abby down for her nap I figured I would give Lizzie her "NEW" markers and some paper and let her color in my room while I dozed for a bit. Lizzie has always been really good with her art supplies and I stressed to her the fact that she was not to color on: the walls, furniture, her hands, her arms or her face. She was easily contented with this and proceeded to color as I drifted in to fairy land. I was awoken by a phone call from my mother and Lizzie scampered off out of my room. When I finished the call with my mom and went to find little Lizzie I don't think I really could have been prepared for what I saw. She was wearing one of her favorite dresses and I noticed that her knees where not the usually color of white and pink that knees should be, instead it looked more like a Christmas ornament in the colors of red and green. Lizzie then showed me how she wanted to do "Tai Chi" honestly I have no idea how this constitutes to that but still, she slowly pulled up the skirt of her dress to reveal that the red and green knees was just the start, at first I thought of raw Chicken legs for she had colored them red, pink and purple and had gone up to her swimsuit line and had quite thoroughly covered her entire thighs. I was at that moment in parenthood where you didn't know whether to laugh, yell or just put your head under a pillow. The artwork continued onto her feet where she had quite decoratively put some sort of markings on her foot and colored her toenails for good measure, I'm sure it was to tie all the colors in together. I had seen children with similar markings, markings that didn't come off for what seemed like weeks. I knew using bleach was out of the question and the steel scrubbers for pots seemed just a bit harsh so I thought I would try the old soap and water technique. Fortunately it seemed to work as I amazingly watched the clear water turn to a rather pretty rose color, which Lizzie commented looked like "Rose Beef". Honestly as a parent it's amazing how you can experience so many emotions in such a short amount of time. I guess the best one is how we can laugh at it later, I guess if you're lucky enough to get it on tape you can win some money from America's Funniest Videos or something. But for now the laughter pays pretty well.
chicken, or whatever i guess it still looks funny
i think this is really where "Tai Chi" came in it's reflective I guess
The toes really do tie it all together
this is pink water, the picutre has not been docotored in any way, thank goodness the good majority came off. The markers have been taken away all though no spoken law was broken. Maybe we'll wait till she gets a bit older.
