Yep, these are his hands (after they had been washed) and his pants….you should have seen the couch! Ben got himself a permanent blue marker and colored all he could reach. We really do not know how long he was able to color other than to say it was just “too long.” It was his first big art project in the little more than two and one half years he has been alive. I am pretty sure it will not be his last either.

What made it all worse is that Amanda is home sick, and is never a good patient, but potentially even worse when someone colors her couch. I did my best to not laugh, because she was quite upset and he was quite proud, but Ben and I both kept it together and lived to see another day. The hands wash, the pants were just jeans, and the couch actually cleaned up. The Good Lord was watching over us. My wife is a microbiologist who watches a lot of CSI and NCIS…..who wants to honk off someone who could easily cover the evidence?

The good part is that the event is hours into the past and the cuteness factor has helped us immensely…..Ben has helped too. (Yes, that is a joke…..I am not that delusional….cuteness ends when you get married! It is abundant in the toddler. ) After a visit to the doc and the medicines all flowing in her, soon the day’s events will be but a forgotten memory…..and we will be safe, at least until she wakes in the morning!

So for now I will rejoice in the Great Art Recovery of 2010 as I prepare for our next crisis……from whom it shall come I am all but certain!

Goodnight my friends and God Bless!

Tommy+