The Writing on the Wall

The other day a friend came over.  We stood outside for a while talking before she left.  I said......hmmmmm......where is Middle Child?  It's awfully quiet.  She didn't know either.  Must be inside still. 

Oh yes, he was inside.   Doing this...........

Check out the tattle tale......Lookie Mommie!!

And this............

See the doorknob on the left?  Yes, that should show you the SCALE of the artwork.

On a positive note, they did start writing their names last week at school, so he's showing progress.  I didn't have to make the dotted lines or highlighted outline for him to follow so he could sign his John Hancock on this one.

When I commented on that, he said "Do you think it's beautiful?"  Now, maybe you think, "Awww!  That's kind of sweet!  Didn't you just melt?"  No, I did not.  I think you can see from this next shot how happy I was.

Not the cage, mom!!!

As I wiped down the walls with nail polish remover (no folks, hairspray wasn't cutting it), I thought, why should I be doing this alone???  So, I got a helper.

Since his muscles are the size of meatballs, he was pretty much useless, so I made him clean his room the entire time I wiped down the walls.  

I try to look at the bright side.  He is showing progress writing his name.  He didn't use a Sharpie.  He didn't use a Sharpie to draw a full beard on his face.  Yes, he did do that last year.  The day before professional pictures.  I was too panicked to take a picture.  I caught it so soon it did all come off right away. 

I'm sure there are even better stories out there.  What crazy things have your kids done?  Put a whole roll of wadded up toilet paper in the john?  Tried to slide down a flight of steps on a snow sled?  Stood in the middle of a room with a full bottle of baby powder and twirled while squeezing the powder bottle to make it snow?  Yes, my kids have done these things. 

Well, except the last one.  I did that. 

Sorry Mom!