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The Writing is On the Wall
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.