Marker Madness

Today's drama involved the most purple of all Crayola markers. Ellie has used (washable) markers dozens of times, she LOVES to use them. Today she was sitting at the kitchen table coloring with markers while I cleaned the kitchen and talked on the phone to my Mom. I had my back to her while I cleaned the coffee pot at the sink, and spun around when I heard the cries, "I DON'T WANT IT IN MY MOUTH ANY MORE!!!!" I abruptly got off the phone with my Mom when I found Ellie with a mouth full (and I mean full) of purple liquid. I could only imagine that the marker had somehow exploded in her mouth, but when I began cleaning up the mess of purple saliva that was everywhere, I realized she had just been sucking on the stupid thing. I even had to use the washcloth on her tongue! I started to tell her we were going to the bathroom to brush her teeth, and then quickly decided to grab the camera first. So this picture is AFTER being cleaned up quite a bit. And the shiner on her eye was a playground swing incident...

I spoke to Ellie sternly, reminding her that she knows better than to put things like that in her mouth (yada yada yada), she finished crying, and started back to her masterpieces. 5 minutes after all of this...she was covered in aqua marker! Needless to say, markers washable or not, are not going to be used in my house for a while!