I am at my wits end! My 4 year old daughter is really trying my patience.
As I have posted before, she likes to draw and not always on paper (remember the doll?) A few nights ago Trent went to tuck in the little angel and discovered that she had colored on her bookshelf and colored the eyes of Cinderella on her pillowcase! MY GOSH! I have already had the talk about "felt pens are for paper only" but yet again my parenting techniques have failed!
Just when I thought that she had finally understood that coloring on things other than paper was wrong and that punishment would be given....
I had some errands to do around town this afternoon, I had asked her if she could stay in her seat belt and listen to music while I snuck into the hospital to drop off my secret sister gift. She said she would if I let her out of the truck for the next stop.
We get to my mother-in laws so I could drop something off and get to her side of the truck and help undo the seat belt, I could tell something was not right...she kept hiding her hands! I took one look at her and KNEW by the look on her face that she had done something bad. Sure enough I looked at the inside of her door and she had colored almost the entire panel with a brown marker! Her hands were brown because she tried to wipe it off.Needless to say she did not get out of the truck. I really did not know what to say that I have not already said 100 times! I had told her that she disappointed me by coloring MY truck and sent her to her room till I could collect my thoughts. The felt pen did come off off the truck but that is the least of my worries... I have a child that refuses to listen and need a new plan!
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Aack! She would get along royally with my youngest - we have the same struggle. He seems to get it for a few weeks, and then when I start to relax, out come the Jiffy Markers. I've called him Picasso, too!
I have no helpful advice to give, just company in the battle. Keep on, Momma, you're doing your best. I'll pray that we both get it figured out before our kids hit college. Professors don't like that kind of thing.
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