Guilty
ByThe thing about my daughter (or perhaps any typical three-year-old) is that she knows when she’s doing something she’s not supposed to. She’ll be alone playing in her bedroom or the play room for a bit, and naturally I’ll pop my head in or verbally check in with her at regular intervals.
“Charlie, are you okay?”
Now that I’ve finally gotten her to answer me when I call, she’ll usually respond with a simple, “Yes.”
“Charlie? What are you doing?”
“Just playing.”
But every so often when I call, I’ll hear, “Don’t come in here!” (followed quickly by a slamming door if she’s in her room or the bathroom).
Yeah, criminal mastermind she ain’t.
Today, she came up to me looking like this:
At first, I thought she was “hiding.” Yes, she still likes a good game of hide and seek and I have to pretend I don’t see her because she’s hiding her eyes or she’s under a blanket, so I started to play along.
“Oh, no! Where did Charlie go? I can’t find her.”
But she didn’t giggle like she usually does. After a few seconds when I could tell she was trying to keep the blanket positioned right where it was, I could tell something was up.
“Charlie?”
No answer.
“Charlie? Can I see?” She slowly lowered the blanket to reveal this:
“Ohhhhhh Charlie! What did you do?”
“Sorry, Mom.”
“You know you’re not supposed to be drawing on yourself. What did you draw with? Show me.”
She pointed to a marker on her table.
I picked it up. “This one?” I asked hopefully, as it was one of her washable markers I chose specifically because of her penchant for wall art and self tattooing.
She nodded.
Relieved, I started laughing. “Let’s go wash you up.”
(Well, of course I grabbed the camera first)
Good thing she’s cute.


Oh my! At least it wasn’t permanent marker or one of your beauty products. She is too cute!
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Seriously, what do ugly kids do? I love that child!
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I thought it was going to be lipstick. You know how she takes after nonnie like that!
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She’s adorable =) I love the smile when she realized she wasn’t in trouble.
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