Coming To The End ...
June 28, 2009 09:04 PM Sketchbook
... of
my patience, unfortunately. This is the only computer
in the house, so I let the kids have a turn on it
every now and then. Usually on rainy days when I
can't think of anything else. I made the mistake on
Friday of letting them play for a bit more or less
unsupervised. I wasn't sitting in here with them, but
I thought I was checking on them regularly enough.
Normally, they leave my stuff alone, but I've been discovering things that have been messed with ever since. Someone dug in my watercolors with my nail file, swirled a waterbrush in the watercolors and didn't clean the brush and (this is the good one) scraped the painting I'm currently working on with something sharp, probably the aforementioned nail file. Luckily, all of the mischief can and has been fixed, but the kids are still banned from the office for awhile.
I told them I don't care who was responsible, I've been training them pretty much since birth about the difference between mommy's art supplies and every other creative tool in the house. Since I'm in the middle of a couple of projects, they aren't allowed in here at least until those are completed. And then they won't be allowed in here unless I'm with them for probably a very long time. The boy pointed out that will seriously cut into his computer time. Yep, I know. I'm mean like that. Sigh.
Normally, they leave my stuff alone, but I've been discovering things that have been messed with ever since. Someone dug in my watercolors with my nail file, swirled a waterbrush in the watercolors and didn't clean the brush and (this is the good one) scraped the painting I'm currently working on with something sharp, probably the aforementioned nail file. Luckily, all of the mischief can and has been fixed, but the kids are still banned from the office for awhile.
I told them I don't care who was responsible, I've been training them pretty much since birth about the difference between mommy's art supplies and every other creative tool in the house. Since I'm in the middle of a couple of projects, they aren't allowed in here at least until those are completed. And then they won't be allowed in here unless I'm with them for probably a very long time. The boy pointed out that will seriously cut into his computer time. Yep, I know. I'm mean like that. Sigh.
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