Today, I came home from work to find my five year old daughter drawing unicorns on the wall. The same wall that I had to repaint last week because it had puppies on it. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I discovered my 3-year-old daughter's artistic skills. She managed to draw an elaborate mural on our living room wall. The masterpiece? A stick figure family, including our dog, but instead of a tail, he has a second head. She of course used permanent markers. FML
Today, I painted my daughter's bedroom. When I wasn't paying attention, the cat walked through the paint tray. There are now Barney purple paw prints all over the house. FML
Today, I came home to find my younger daughter left her silly band collection on the carpet in front of the fireplace. I now have melted unicorns and princesses stuck in my carpet. FML
Today, I got home to the smell of permanent marker and the discovery that my roommate's little sister had drawn flower petals around every polka dot she could reach on my walls. I just put up the wallpaper last weekend. FML
Today, I had to tell my daughter that just because markers say "washable", it doesn't mean that you can draw all over our newly-painted walls. She's 15. FML
Today, my kids decided to draw on the walls with permanent marker, and now my house looks like a modern art exhibit. FML
Today, my toddler proudly presented me a "beautiful drawing" he'd made... on my freshly painted living room wall. When I started to scold him, he said, "But I made it for YOU, Mommy!" Now I feel guilty for being mad at Picasso Jr, and having to paint over it. FML
Today, I left the living room for 3 minutes to make a coffee. When I went back, my 4-year old had found a permanent marker, God knows where, since I don't own a permanent marker. She'd then drawn on her face, the carpet, wall, sofa, both dogs and as an added bonus the TV screen. FML
Today, my five year-old niece thought that it would be acceptable to carve her artwork all over our toilet seat. FML
Today, I was painting my bedroom walls, when I was struck with an uncontrollable bout of diarrhea. I had to watch helplessly from the en-suite bathroom as my 2 year old daughter painted a lovely picture for me, all over my new $500 sofa. FML
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bishhitsandii 3
Who was supposed to be watching her? It's their fault.
YouMentalFreaks 3
At least your walls are pretty now?
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Comments (127)
bladomas 2
agree with #74, YDI for having a kid and growing it badly, be more strict, and hahahaha in your face FYL
ILOLatmockdaweek 0
love the way there's like 16 year olds telling someone how to look after his kid.
roxannel91 0
Paint it with chalkboard paint!
IWABO2_ 0
Appreciatethe ******* art. Unicorns are awesome.
Consolata 0
why would you paint puppies, just because they are glued to the wall doesn't mean they don't have feelings :(
jailbot 7
You should paint the bottom half of the wall with the amazing paint that turns the wall into a chalkboard! This is what I plan to do when I have kids so they can draw on the walls and we'll both be happy about it.
Zebidee 9
1) Discipline your child. Five is old enough to understand consequences and good vs naughty behaviour. 2) Paint your walls with easy clean paint. Children will inevitably make a mess.
Zebidee 9
Thank you - I have all my jibs tailor-made.
curzy 6
but her an easel? water soluble markers? there are so many solutions to this zz
Moemoemoe_fml 0
I have NEVER met a single child who drew on the walls and it wasn't the parents fault. Well, it can start to happen the first time around because the kid didn't know better, but that's it. Yet you say she repeatedly does it, whole walls of it. It's your fault. You and your wife. YDI. You're lucky she's still young and drawing on the walls only. You can still fix things before she's drugged out as a teen. And sure, little kids reading through the comments will whine and/or hit the thumbs down button here, but you can't keep a straight face and say that raising a child with no parenting is good for them. It's not possible, it simply isn't.
whyme_everytime 0
use painters tape to put paper on the walls, then let her have at it!!!!!!!!! =]