The Writing is on the Wall
The good news? Cade can write his name very well. Capital "C" and lowercase "a d e". It's very good. We're so proud of his writing ability!
The bad news? Cade wrote his name perfectly... with a dry erase marker... on the carpet.... on the wall... on the grout... on the filing cabinet.
We were baffled. Cade has never tried to write on anything inside the house except what he is supposed to write on.
We had our friends, the Starlings, over for dinner when Cade did his graffiti. They were in awe over our calm reaction; we told them that we couldn't get too upset about it because they (the Starlings) would be witnesses. Scott & I have decided that Cade's punishment will be no TV or movies for a week. While this punishment is as much punishment to me as it is to Cade (Cade watches some shows while Jack & Claire take a nap; this allows me some downtime or time to get some other things done), I think taking away his shows will have a big impact on him.
We don't have any pictures to show of this incident as we started cleaning it up right away and thought about pictures after we were done cleaning. Yes, dry erase marker is very hard to clean. Yes, there are still pink/red and green/blue patches visible on our carpet. Yes, there are pink/red and green/blue stains on our grout. Yes, this means we absolutely most positively need hardwood floors throughout the house.
The bad news? Cade wrote his name perfectly... with a dry erase marker... on the carpet.... on the wall... on the grout... on the filing cabinet.
We were baffled. Cade has never tried to write on anything inside the house except what he is supposed to write on.
We had our friends, the Starlings, over for dinner when Cade did his graffiti. They were in awe over our calm reaction; we told them that we couldn't get too upset about it because they (the Starlings) would be witnesses. Scott & I have decided that Cade's punishment will be no TV or movies for a week. While this punishment is as much punishment to me as it is to Cade (Cade watches some shows while Jack & Claire take a nap; this allows me some downtime or time to get some other things done), I think taking away his shows will have a big impact on him.
We don't have any pictures to show of this incident as we started cleaning it up right away and thought about pictures after we were done cleaning. Yes, dry erase marker is very hard to clean. Yes, there are still pink/red and green/blue patches visible on our carpet. Yes, there are pink/red and green/blue stains on our grout. Yes, this means we absolutely most positively need hardwood floors throughout the house.
Comments
great job, Cade!