So.. if you think this is going to be a rant about slapping labels on kids ...no dice. My seven year old son (pdd-nos/hyperlexia, spd) in other words Autism - continues to put a smile on my face - even while I'm screaming.
Yeah, he did something 'funny' again. I just can't stay mad at him.
It started out not so funny as we were totally running late to the last day of Challenger bowling. Baby Sister was on the potty up until the last minute and then insisted on changing her outfit no less than 5 times before settling on a fashion-forward dress and legging set. As we are heading for the door we went on a shoe locating mission - she owns oh.. maybe 50 pair, but had to have her purple crocs - not the pink disney ones, not the baby pink maryjane ones.. had to be the purple ones.
I found them and shrieked as written across the toe of both of them was the word "CROS" (surprisingly misspelled) . I grab a baby wipe and we head out the door with 10 minutes to bowling. As I am scrubbing her crocs off.. cursing under my breath... because it is written in pen - not marker and for a minute didn't seem like it would come off. I hear a little voice from the back "Alex wrote crocs on his crocs too". Which crocs (he has 3 pair also) - his blue ones and his green ones. Sure enough, when we got to the bowling alley I found that he had written it on his as well and was able to baby wipe it off while he wore the dorky bowling shoes.
But hey - bowling went out on a high note because he won for our lane with a whopping score of.... 69 (yes, I laughed too).
Yeah, he did something 'funny' again. I just can't stay mad at him.
It started out not so funny as we were totally running late to the last day of Challenger bowling. Baby Sister was on the potty up until the last minute and then insisted on changing her outfit no less than 5 times before settling on a fashion-forward dress and legging set. As we are heading for the door we went on a shoe locating mission - she owns oh.. maybe 50 pair, but had to have her purple crocs - not the pink disney ones, not the baby pink maryjane ones.. had to be the purple ones.
I found them and shrieked as written across the toe of both of them was the word "CROS" (surprisingly misspelled) . I grab a baby wipe and we head out the door with 10 minutes to bowling. As I am scrubbing her crocs off.. cursing under my breath... because it is written in pen - not marker and for a minute didn't seem like it would come off. I hear a little voice from the back "Alex wrote crocs on his crocs too". Which crocs (he has 3 pair also) - his blue ones and his green ones. Sure enough, when we got to the bowling alley I found that he had written it on his as well and was able to baby wipe it off while he wore the dorky bowling shoes.
But hey - bowling went out on a high note because he won for our lane with a whopping score of.... 69 (yes, I laughed too).
So.. with the success of bowling under our belt we came home for a lazy Saturday. I was on my way outside to step outside and see this as I'm going down the stairs. 
I reach the bottom of the steps and find...
All I can say is Thank God for Washable Markers!
And a little part of me is thinking that this is just the tip of the iceberg and I wonder what's next... should I hide all writing instruments?? ... Nah!!!!
4 comments:
It looks like my house! I feel so at home!
When we finally decided to rip up the curling vinyl floor in our 1990s era kitchen, we thrilled the children by letting them finally write anything they wanted on the vinyl floor.
It was grand!
Wow sounds like a success at bowling, nice pic too. My kids have two pairs of sneakers each. Crocs would not be worn by anyone in this house, thankfully.
Life seems simpler out here in La La Land. We don't get out much, plus Los Angeles is so spread out that it requires an hour drive to anywhere and I avoid freeways.
He did it again.
This time PEN on our bedroom wall, marker on our printers.
Time for the Magic Eraser.
LOL that is so cute! Bearhug once wrote his name on some of the furniture (when he was learning how to write his name) and when I asked "did you write that?" he said no. I'm thinking, hmmm... if you want plausible deniability you have to write something other than your OWN NAME! haha
We had to hide all the pens, markers, crayons, etc. at our house.
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