Her Newest Masterpiece

As I was cleaning the bathroom one day, something of which is not out of the ordinary, I noticed that it had been several minutes since I had heard from Ava. Like I said, I can do something for a few minutes away from her and she, for the most part, is playing by herself and keep herself occupied.

However, this silence seemed a bit different. I could feel something wasn't quite right. I stopped my cleaning and looked over to see her little back to me, head down, concentrating on something. As I got closer I realized that she had a BLACK PERMANENT marker and was drawing on herself. I can't believe I'm going to say this but the first thing that came to mind was thank goodness she didn't decide to do a masterpiece on the walls or furniture! I can handle bodies. I calmly (after a few breaths) explained that this is a special kind of marker that stains and she does not need to use it. We have markers for Ava, I said. If you want to draw, just tell me.

You can tell by the second pic how sad of a moment this was for all involved. I was trying so hard not to laugh at her face when I told her I needed to take a picture of it to show daddy when he got home. She was not happy about daddy seeing it.

He walked in the door and she immediately said, "daddy happy?" Since he already knew about it, he had to do his best to act disappointed and not laugh.

Oh, and for the most part it came off immediately. There were definitely residuals that lasted a few days.