He laughed. "What have we been going thru for the last 18 months?"
This morning, Ana calmly asked me for a drink of juice. I was in the middle of reading a blog so I told her to wait a minute. She stood their patiently for a minute and then took off. I forgot about it. A few minutes later ...
I found her in the kitchen. I was actually somewhat surprised at how little she got on the floor. The bottle had a few drips in it too. I really wish I could have witnessed the whole thing. Did she get some in the bottle and drink it? Did the bottle tip over? Did she try to drink it out of the pitcher. I'm not sure. She sure is an independent little girl though. I did have to change her clothes.
Also, Ana has taken to coloring...
on our front door. Or the floor. Or the table. But not on paper. She'll come to me and say, "I color." So I'll give her a crayon and some paper and she takes off straight for the door and starts scribbling. So, then I have to take the crayon away and she gets upset. I really want to encourage creativity, but not on the front door. I think that she doesn't like how much the paper moves when she colors. Any suggestions?
So, Dave, here is the beginnings of the messy stage.
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Oh, what fun... Kinda cute that she tried to get her own drink, though. About the coloring, I would try to tape some paper to the table so it doesn't move. Hope this helps.
i've made Alex (and a neighbor kid) clean off the wall that they drew on. they learn that it's no fun to wash the wall. of course she couldn't really do much good but at least she would know that there are more consequences then just getting tne crayon taken away. i think every stage is a messy stage. good luck.
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser takes crayon off of EVERYTHING!!!! Buy one and try it!
I buy the big rolls of freezer paper for my kids to draw on. They love coloring on "big paper." I was also going to suggest taping the paper to the table or floor. We like to sit on the floor to draw at our house. You are lucky the juice mess wasn't bigger!
Oh erin! I am so sorry. Kennedy and Anna would get along great! :)
oh, and Heidi is right...Magic Eraser takes crayon off...thanks to kennedy we know from first-hand experience! :)
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