Families of the Lounge

[dh66]

True. My daughter did that years later, though.

Well.......there you go.

Lock up the markers Sheeplady.

 

[Babydoll]

And scissors.

Busted Lily making confetti this morning. I was not amused.

 

[AmateisGal]

And scissors.

Busted Lily making confetti this morning. I was not amused.

LOL! I think my daughter did this a time or two. At least those are fairly BIG pieces of confetti!

 

[Big Man]

And scissors.

Busted Lily making confetti this morning. I was not amused.

The look in those eyes says it all.

 

[1mach1]

The look in those eyes says it all.

lol Agreed.

 

[Big Man]

lol Agreed.

I've been on the receiving end of looks like that before. It sure isn't a fun place to be!

 

[Babydoll]

She has an egg carton of smaller bits. I'm trying to keep in mind the balance between letting her explore & experience (using scissors), but also drawing the line when she does this. Rest assured that she has since picked up every piece of paper. Hubby chuckled at the photo. He knows that look well.

 

[dh66]

I've been on the receiving end of looks like that before. It sure isn't a fun place to be!

Oh yes...we know that look.

 

[Big Man]

Oh yes...we know that look.

That's the "I'm mad at you and will get even" look.

 

[sheeplady]

Well.......there you go.

Lock up the markers Sheeplady.

I was so proud of my daughter a month ago... I came upstairs from the basement and she had ink all over her hands, like a pen exploded on her. I frantically went in search of the pen, and I found a piece of paper scribbled all over in Sharpie on the couch with the Sharpie lying nicely on top.

There was no Sharpie anyplace else in the house, not a drop even on the couch (my daughter stayed within the edges of the paper) or anything on her but the smudges.

I thought I was SO LUCKY. And it turns out she was probably lulling me into a false confidence.

Also, not comforting to hear that little ones conspire with each other. While I might believe she is so Type A that she wouldn't draw all over stuff, I can totally see her framing a younger sibling and/or egging them on because she's a little instigator.

 

[Big Man]

This is the "chickens ate another egg" look.

 

[jamespowers]

Years ago, I came home one time to find my husband taking a nap and my two stepsons covered in marker from head to foot. They'd had a "marker war." :eusa_doh:
I was obviously the loser in that war since I had to bathe them!

I would have won. They would have had to wash it off themselves or go to school looking like that the next day. Not wanting to look stupid in front of their friends is a great motivator.

 

[jamespowers]

And scissors.

Busted Lily making confetti this morning. I was not amused.

This would have been a learning experience as it was for my sons when they tried that. They learned how to clean up and vacuum.

 

[jamespowers]

This is the "chickens ate another egg" look.

You don't have one of those egg sucking dogs----do you?

 

[Babydoll]

She dumped confetti all over for Hubby tonight. He was less amused about it than I was earlier.

My mantra today: She is precious. Repeated until I believe it. Or until bedtime. Bedtime won.

Tomorrow we start fresh.

 

[Big Man]

... My mantra today: She is precious. Repeated until I believe it. ...

There is a window pane in an upstairs window at the old house where I live with s small hole made by a BB gun. It was put there by my Dad in the early 1930s. I remember my Maw talking about it and saying, "Bill did that not long after Dad died. I didn't know how to replace it then, so I just left it there. Now, I'd never replace it because it reminds me of when Bill was a little boy."

Even when they dump confetti all over the house - or shoot out a window with a BB gun - they are precious. It all makes for wonderful memories years and years down the road.

 

[jamespowers]

There is a window pane in an upstairs window at the old house where I live with s small hole made by a BB gun. It was put there by my Dad in the early 1930s. I remember my Maw talking about it and saying, "Bill did that not long after Dad died. I didn't know how to replace it then, so I just left it there. Now, I'd never replace it because it reminds me of when Bill was a little boy."

Even when they dump confetti all over the house - or shoot out a window with a BB gun - they are precious. It all makes for wonderful memories years and years down the road.

Those years seem pretty far off at the present though.

 

[AmateisGal]

Those years seem pretty far off at the present though.

My stepsons are 21 (almost 22) and 20. I swear they are harder to parent now than when I became their mom (they were 4 and 5).

 

[jamespowers]

My stepsons are 21 (almost 22) and 20. I swear they are harder to parent now than when I became their mom (they were 4 and 5).

:rofl: My grandmother always said "once an adult---twice a child."

 

[Big Man]

:rofl: My grandmother always said "once an adult---twice a child."

I remember my grandmother saying the same thing on many occasions.