Saturday, August 30, 2008

Those @#&%*$ Sharpies

Why is it that when your toddlers finally find themselves alone with a marker, it's always a Sharpie instead of a washable Crayola marker?


As you can see Abby & Zack were devastated when we put them in time out together. I am sure they will never do this again (yeah right).

After I told them that what they had done was a very bad idea and that they had ruined my keyboard, Abby seemed much more concerned about herself.

She said, "My ruined my hands!" (Abby and Zack consistently say 'my' in place of 'I')


Apparently she also 'ruined' Zack's hand, lip, and ears.

We still aren't completely sure what happened. Whenever Abby comes and sits on my lap at the computer she looks down at the keyboard and says, "Zacky colored." Likewise, when Zack sits on my lap he says, "Abby colored, no, no."

15 comments:

  1. yeah... that was a week ago and Zack still has marker on the back of his ear. Nice.

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  2. Ooooo...they're getting devious, those two. This might be the beginning of a lifetime of blaming the other twin. "Yeah, we snuck out last night. But it was totally Zack's idea!" "Hey, Abby said she was going and I just went along to make sure she was gonna be okay."

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  3. They are little partners in crime. That is hilarious! Between peanut butter and sharpies...your kids win the medal for getting into everything!!!

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  4. cute...did the marker come off their skin? Funny that they blame each other. Maybe Emily should have rehearsed her "tangled webs" lesson for Zach and Abby. and does time out really ever work?

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  5. I'd say that Abby looks to be the offender. Plus sisters always try to blame their brothers for everything (and it usually works). For example... Emily says, "I didn't drive the car into Fower's market, it was Brady. He pulled the handle into reverse and I saw that we were going to go into the busy street and the ditch and so I pulled the car into drive to save us." Right Sis? Plus the look on Zack's face in the fourth picture is like, "Look at what she did to my ear."

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  6. HAHAHA! classic!
    Lemme guess, everything was quiet? You maybe thought to yourself, "Wow, abby and Zack are playing really well right now..."

    Too bad kids can't just molt when that happens.
    (um, or at all)

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  7. You probably recently saw my ketchup experience. I was so glad the kids were all playing so well. I have always wondered why it is a sharpie and not a washable crayon. If you come up with a theory on that let me know! Kaylene

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  8. Markers are just too much fun. And nothing is more exciting than coloring on electronics.
    At least they didn't color on the computer screen, right? :)

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  9. oh man we have all had a go with those sharpies! you are lucky... my sister-in-law came out of the shower to her entire couch walls covered.

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  10. I love your kids! They are so funny!

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  11. that is so funny!! I can't believe they will be 2 soon and Lila 4 Crazy how time flys. Love you always

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  12. THis post is SO cute. That picture of the two of them is absolutely priceless. I love them.

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  13. i stumbled onto your blog from the stucki's...i know Johnny from growing up...what a cute family!
    -Erika Munns Anderson

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  14. you guys are too funny. those kids are freakin gorgeous. so dang cute. they manage to make marking on keyboards cute. yhou guys are living the good life :)

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  15. Emily- I'm just sitting here giggling! I swear toddlers can smell out where you hide markers! Your family is adorable!

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