Ink laptop

No I did not miss the "p" in my title. It's true, ink does NOT belong on laptops, although I don't think it does any serious damage. In the midst of my busy life, I often come across various messes that my son has made - this is HALF the reason I am always so busy!!! One mess I recently cleaned up was eyeliner on the walls in the hallway - yes my 2 year old had wandered into the bathroom, stolen some of my eyeliner, and decided it would make BEAUTIFUL artwork all over our apartment walls. If you have kids and have had this issue, if anyone ever told you to make your child clean the mess up and that would be punishment enough, this isn't always true. But, that's another story for another day.

I was on a business call for about a half hour and had been busily washing the dishes - after two days of not doing them, they had really started to pile up and I could no longer ignore them, or attempt to. I hung up the phone and a thought crossed my mind, "boy my 2 year old has been VERY quiet." Any parent who has experienced this knows that what comes next will only be trouble - a toddler is rarely quiet unless they're getting into some kind of mischief.

I look toward the hallway and here comes my child, complete with black hands and I knew immediately what he had gotten in to. ALL my business supplies are in my bedroom (which is where my computer desk is) and he had found my business stamp and stamped EVERYWHERE. I went to the bedroom, and where my once white laptop had been setting, there was now a black and white speckled laptop. The keys were all black instead of white, my papers on my desk had been stamped and now all said "Lorry Traver Premier Designs Jeweler." What a way to CONTINUE my busy day! I definitely had to walk away for a minute so I didn't get too upset!

But, to my surprise it came off so easy. I grabbed a couple wet wipes, and got the laptop cleaned off. Of course my son had to stand with his nose on the wall, a form of punishment I borrowed from my sisters - it typically works unless your toddler is good at quietly making an escape. He did that a couple times and thought he was hilarious!!

All in all, today was a reminder that if I can't handle a toddler and a baby, it's a good thing I can't get pregnant again!! Life is too busy to add anything else - but I would never trade my boys in for the world! They are my pride and joy and even though I was slightly upset about the ink incident today, I do have to admit that it was pretty funny to see his artwork; his creativity was shining through!