Pint-Sized Picaso?

July 23, 2008

We were entertaining the thought of
possibly, one day, getting a new coffee table.
Apparently, Hayden thought that should happen
sooner than later.

This is the "piece of work"
I discovered when I came downstairs...
(having left him alone for all of 5 minutes!)

My reaction?
"OH MY GOD?@#!"

I know my favorite color is purple,
but NOT in the form of permanent Sharpie
marker on my wood coffee table!!
And his Poang.
I almost started laughing, to be honest.

What are the odds?!
I shudder to think what my living room
would have looked like
if I had gone for a shower!!

Don't you just love(?) that he only colored the wood?!
Not the carpet.
Not the new leather couch.
Not the walls.
Not the cat.

What could I do?
What's done is done.
He had a time out for being a "bad boy"
(his words, not mine).......

.......and then I put him to work!

Toothpaste is supposed to take permanent marker
off of wood surfaces.
Meh.
Now my table is smudgy-purple and minty.

Goof-off works better,
but I feel a bit high from the fumes,
and it's not totally out.
More elbow grease?

OR

New coffee table?

.....from Hayden's piggy bank!!


P.S. My Mom saved the day, as she often does,
without even knowing it.
As per her suggestion,
a Mr Clean Magic Eraser did the trick!

I think she just wants to save her Grandson's hide.