So, today I had the pleasure of sitting on the phone and catching up with my dearest Utah friend right after the kids got home from school. My kids play very well together and are always really thrilled when all 4 of them are home to play whatever fun thing they come up with. I really was happy to just sit on the phone and loved every second of it. Great friends are really priceless.
Well, back to the picture above. All of the kids were coloring Christmas tree pictures in the dining room. (They love to color.) For reasons I am not quite sure of, Walker decided to color himself purple while I was enjoying that great phone call. When I asked him about it, he just said, "I just thought it would be cool to be all purple." (Well, not all purple. The palms and backs of his hands and belly button had green circles on them.)
Anyway, I didn't get upset. I just told him it's a good idea to not color our whole bodies purple and he said, "OK, I won't." Then, I scrubbed him clean in the shower. I was really grateful they were washable Crayola markers. I did ground my kids from markers for a few days till they remember how we should use them. (On paper, not on skin.) I was proud that I didn't freak out. Something about this pregnancy has really mellowed my reactions to kid "projects." Hmmmm.
