Today’s World’s Worst Invention… the Sharpie. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love how 100% permanent Sharpie markers are. HOWEVER, check out this link before going further:
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and don’t forget to look at this one too:
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So, you saw those toddlers with Sharpies, right? Thought that was bad? How about this…
This evening, after a greuling day of no naps and super cranky kids, I was 100% ready to go to bed, but I also had a full Etsy order of 100 tags to fufill that need to be shipped out tomorrow morning. (This morning, now.) So my fully potty trained (HALLELUJAH) 3 year old decided he was hugry at 11:30 p.m. and did not want to go potty (don’t even think about going to bed at this hour). So I went into the bathroom myself, leaving him by himself for a few minutes, just as I’ve done countless times before. What could go wrong? The doors were locked, and there were no knives left out from dinner. No harm could be done in the minute or so I was gone, right?
-W-R-O-N-G-.- -W-R-O-N-G-.- -W-R-O-N-G-.-
and WRONG again.
My dearly beloved 3 year old became posessed with creativity, found a King Size Industrial Strength Sharpie Marker, and executed his best circles and wavy lines on nothing other than his Just-Turned-Two year old brother’s BRAND NEW TRICYCLE. (The tricycle is the love of his (the 2 year old) life.)
No, he didn’t get it on the sofa. He didn’t get it on the hardwood floors. He didn’t get it on the antique furniture. He barely got it on himself. The G.D. TRICYCLE became a work of art.
Well, let’s just say that My Little Monster is super lucky we live with his grandparents right now, and even luckier that they just so happened to walk through the back door as soon as I was about to completely go nuts.
Luckily, my mother owns some super duty degreaser that they use at the restaurant she works at. It took the boldness out, but there are what I call Sharpie Stains all over the trunk of the bike and the seat.
God Bless My Children.
Lord Please Help Me. Give Me The Strength.
