Lilly came home from school today with the top parts of her fingers covered in blue marker. Not just her nails, the whole top third of all ten of her fingers. Of course, that meant that she also had smeared it on her forehead and cheeks and had a slightly blue mustache from every time she had touched her face. She was pretty angry that I made her wash it off. Then later I looked at her jeans. She had colored orange squares all over her jeans. When asked why she did it she said, "What??! They're Washable markers, DUH." Let me tell you, they are not so washable. Then I asked her, "What were you supposed to be doing while you were coloring on your jeans." That was really the key question because, of course, she was supposed to be working. The child acts like she is allergic to work. We will be working to remedy that allergy through exposure. It may not be a good week for Lilly. Time to open her eyes to the joys of work.
