I must need a night out more than I realize.
It was 6:45 pm, which means nearly an hour to kill before I can put anyone to bed. Aaron just left, so I'm on my own. Instead of popping in a video, I decide to let Owen play with the big dry-erase board. He loves that thing. Asher wanders in to me checking my email and I tell him to go find Owen.
So I'm checked out, emailing away, and I hear too much noise in the next room. After inquiring a few times as to what they're doing, I finally "come to" and realize Owen has just said something like, "Not coloring on the walls..." and then I hear scribbling. On walls.
So I go into the hall and see scribbles on the wall, and then I see Asher's head. It looks like big raindrops of water, except they are brown dry erase marker dots in his HAIR. Then I turn the corner and there is marker on the large wall, 2 tables and Owen's pjs (Asher's too, but I didn't notice til much later).
I reacted pretty
strongly and marched into the laundry room. Smart little Asher grabbed a shirt off the floor and started rubbing the marker off the wall! So we scrubbed together, I put Asher to bed, and as Owen and I scrubbed some more, we had a pretty funny conversation. Keep in mind, he's experimenting with how to express his feelings.
"I'm really sorry I colored on this wall."
Me too, Owen. Why did you do this?
I just did, I don't know. I'm really sorry.
Owen: You hurt my feelings that you're frustrate...ing. (frustrated)
Me: No Owen, your feelings are not hurt, you just don't like being in trouble. If you don't like being in trouble, you need to make good choices.
Owen:But you hurt my feelings.
Me: Well you hurt my feelings by coloring on this wall
O: I'm really sorry.
Me: I forgive you
O: I'm sorry that I colored on your
sweet wall
Me: I know sweetheart. It's ok. I forgive you.
O: I forgive you too
So as I breathe fumes from an entire box of Mr Clean Magic Erase sponges, and watch the paint come off the wall, I figure at least he was sorry, and cute in the process.
