Things

This week I have wipe color crayon off of the following things:
1. The side of the tub
2. Inside the tub
3. The toilet
4. The kitchen floor
5. the kitchen table
6. Gemma's face
7. Gemma's shirt
8. A kitchen chair
9. the coffee table
10. My shoe

This week I have found toothpaste:
1. On the leather couch
2. In Amelia's hair
3. On my work shirt.  At work.  After I had been teaching for an hour.
4. Gemma's face
5. Gemma's shirt
6. The bathroom floor
7. The side of the tub
8. The doorknob in my room
9.  The bathroom doorknob
10. A library book

Not surprisingly, Gemma's favorite things recently are toothpaste (really any type of personal hygiene product will do.  She loves eye liner, lotion, chapstick, gel/hairspray, shampoo, toothpaste, and soap.) and color crayons.  She adores coloring and will sit happily at the kitchen table for an hour coloring away.  Preferable with either Amelia or Mama at her side.  She wants one or both of us at her side, she wants us to hold a crayon of her choice and then color in a designated area.  It's loads of fun.  As soon as you color in your area, she pushes your hand out of the way and colors quickly over the entire area.  Usually with a black crayon.

This color habit is problem because it is almost impossible to just supervise only Gemma.  I am always monitoring homework, making dinner/lunch/breakfast or something that allows Gemma to wander out the kitchen unsupervised with a handful of her beloved "wrawras".

The color love is also somewhat surprising as William hated coloring.  He still hates coloring.  I used to have to bribe him to color and he would still complain.  He would check to see if the library craft required coloring and we would leave after the books if it required coloring.  At the time, I would not have believed you if you would have told me that my next 2 children would love to color.  They are really their own people from the beginning.