The Marker Incident

Our little Anna has soared to new heights! One day earlier this week the girls and I were watching "Happy Feet" (their new favorite movie). Lizzy fell asleep so I went to lay her down in her room. On my way back into the living room I noticed Emma's bedroom door was open, not a good Anna sign. She is not allowed in Emma's room unless mommy and daddy are in there because Emma's room has smaller toys, smaller pieces to toys, crayons and markers. I knew something was up. As I entered the living room Anna was coloring in a coloring book with a purple marker (which she knows she's not allowed to have). She was so proud of her "culla"! She picked up the book to give me a better view and I noticed where she had missed the pages and hit my couch! Now our couches are hand-me-downs so I wasn't too upset about the marker, but she obviously needs to learn she can't color on furniture! It was one of those moments where she really didn't realize she had done something wrong. I took the marker and the book to eliminate anymore damage and went to get a washcloth to clean up Anna. I came back in the room to find a colored purple Lizzy! All I could do was laugh and take pictures! Apparently she had two purple markers (since I still had one in my hand). Emma was so upset that Lizzy was "colored purple" that while I was talking to Anna (about only coloring on paper with markers) she cleaned Lizzy off all by herself! Did I mention Anna colored just a little bit on herself too. . .

What am I going to do with these girls?