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The Writing is On the Wall
Mar. 19th, 2011 11:07 pm Sparkle's spelling words, that is. "Could" and "must" and others of her word list this week keep popping up on doors and walls in crayon, marker and pencil. She got a one hundred percent on her test this Friday. Not a surprise, since she'd been so busy practicing them...
I was washing the bathroom door, scrubbing away at one of her words as Sparkle took a bath.
"What doing, mama?" asks my bubbly and bubble-covered daughter.
"I am scrubbing away a word," I reply.
"I write 'could,' " she says proudly.
"No writing on walls!" I exclaim. "Say it." (Sometimes, if I can get Sparkle to repeat a rule, it is somewhat more likely that rule will be followed. Somewhat.)
Sparkle holds her nose and puts her face in the water "blllloooooo blwittttingg onn threuuu wllllls," she burbles.
"So I can hear you," I say.
"No writing on walls," Sparkle sighs, above water.
Now, I have embarked on a mission to clean the rust buildup on the shower walls. I do this a bit at a time. I recently scrubbed a square, a heart, a triangle and a star clean from the grunge. Sparkle points at the clean, bright shapes on the tub wall.
:"No writing on the walls, mama," she says, and laughs impudently.
I was washing the bathroom door, scrubbing away at one of her words as Sparkle took a bath.
"What doing, mama?" asks my bubbly and bubble-covered daughter.
"I am scrubbing away a word," I reply.
"I write 'could,' " she says proudly.
"No writing on walls!" I exclaim. "Say it." (Sometimes, if I can get Sparkle to repeat a rule, it is somewhat more likely that rule will be followed. Somewhat.)
Sparkle holds her nose and puts her face in the water "blllloooooo blwittttingg onn threuuu wllllls," she burbles.
"So I can hear you," I say.
"No writing on walls," Sparkle sighs, above water.
Now, I have embarked on a mission to clean the rust buildup on the shower walls. I do this a bit at a time. I recently scrubbed a square, a heart, a triangle and a star clean from the grunge. Sparkle points at the clean, bright shapes on the tub wall.
:"No writing on the walls, mama," she says, and laughs impudently.
