Thursday, September 10, 2009

Proud Parenting Moment

I walk into the family room just in time to catch Eden drawing on Wyatt's arm with a purple pen. I had to repress my urge to yell. She had just begun to mark up her little brother only after inking herself up rather well. One hand and wrist was pretty well colored along with both shoulders (how did she know that's the proper place for a tattoo?). Anyway, I took the pen and told her that if she thought it was okay to draw on herself and her brother, then Mommy gets to do it, too. So, I held her down while she was screaming "No" and drew a lovely curly mustache and little beard. She was trying to squirm away saying, "I'm going to wash it off!" Of course, I took her to show Daddy first & and he needed a picture. So, here is the picture of her screaming while I'm trying to hold her hands down. Okay, so it may not be my proudest parenting moment, but I doubt she'll write on her brother anytime soon.

3 comments:

KrisJ said...

THAT is funny!!

Melissa said...

Funny story! It's all about finding those memorable punishments, right? :)

Chris Kline said...

Kristen was throwing a tantrum at DQ the other day, so I threw one right next to her until she stopped. The guy in line behind me said with a big smile that it was the best parenting technique he'd seen in a long time. Turnabout is fair play!