I just sat down to write another post and I could hear Elijah dragging something along the wall in another room. It’s not uncommon to hear and recently it’s been his wooden tools that he got for Christmas. So I went about my business, opening up the page and logging in when I heard him babbling through a binky in his mouth and heading in my direction. I turned around to see what he was asking for and his hands were outstretched in front of him as he came in to see me.
“Ish, ish,” is about what he sounded like. This particular “ish, ish” was asking to have his hands wiped off. I took a look and realized what it was. Lipstick, of course.
As I took a moment to think about how he could’ve gotten it, I remembered him carrying his stool around and figured he must have taken it back into the bedroom and used it to reach the top of my dresser. Oh well, let’s clean that up.
I wiped the largest chunks off his little fingers with a paper towel, took the lipstick cap and asked him to show me where he got it from.
*I’ve made a point of rarely getting upset when he comes to me having done something wrong, so he’s never afraid to tell me. But don’t get me wrong, I definitely let him know if he did do something wrong and have him help correct it. He’s now become quite the little cleaning helper.
So he leads the way down the hall and points to the floor where he pointed to the lipstick base, now empty and then pointed to the wall.
All I could do was smile and chuckle as he proudly pointed and described his drawing. Any other night, I would have grabbed one of the many cleaning cloths we have and had him help clean off the wall, but tonight I thought I’d share it with you, so I took a couple pictures. (Including the artist)
Tags: parenting, toddler drawing on the wall