Crayola Two'fers
April 11, 2008 Friday night happy hour used to mean a hard days work rewarded with a few cocktails at the local hot spot. Now you can find me getting jiggy with it at home with the boys. Tonight after I put my youngest Aaron down for the night, my oldest and I decided to have a coloring marathon. We broke out the new Crayola color wheel and a few thousand coloring books and went to town.
And let me share with you folks, it is not easy coloring with a little drill sergeant breathing down your throat. I got yelled at for choosing the wrong colors, not picking the right picture and we even had some picture hijacking. Yep, I would color a picture and Donnie would sticky finger the picture away and add his personal touches.
TWO HOURS. Two hours of coloring. It broke me. Seriously, my hand hurt. I may need to train in case there are future coloring marathons. Who writes anymore? Not me, nor do I color I use a mouse and keyboard to do everything.
The line of tonight was when I was baking some chicken for tomorrow and I bent down to take it out of the oven when Donnie came running up behind me. I quickly scolded him, telling him that the oven is hot and that he should back up because it was extremely hot. Still hiding behind me grabbing my leg says "Don't worry about me mom, I will be fine, your butt is big enough to hide me from the fire".
Drill sergeant indeed, I will be taking him on my afternoon run tomorrow.
Reader Comments (22)
aww...that's so cute! not a single child that i've given birth to...ever liked to color! that's sooooo NOT normal! 3 children birthed by me. zero childen who like to color. what are the odds of that?
xoxo
I am crying from laughing so hard about the "fire guard" at your house! I'm not laughing at you, understand. Just with you. :) Kids are so funny!
Omg look at that devilish grin. Cute. Coloring is fun...and that's aLOT of crayons ya got there!
OMG... look at his grin!!!!
Kim, I have to post on this one...go back in time...what did we (you and me only) used to do when you were sick, (like every other week)...we would sit for HOURS playing the game where we had to guess what numbers each other had to fill in the boxes...HOURS !!!! I couldn't wait til you got better, since we had to make the boxes for the game, we had papers all over the place. .. so just think of Donnie as your Marathon Kid...and the "butt" thing...well, I'm just glad I wasn't there, cause he would have said mine would have covered the whole neighborhood...hahahahahah...now get off your eliptical and go to bed, cause I know you're on it from his statement...
He is the cutest colourer (a word?!) - but 2 hours, what an animal!
And that line about the fire? OMG, he's a comedian too ;)
Is he the cutest or what? At least he wasn't using markers on the couch like my little one.
Way to go Super Color Mama! I have to say that I am more than impressed with the two hours! WOW!
oh how funny, 2 hours of coloring wow you are super mom.
There has to be an award for that much coloring... have you contacted Guinness World Book?
I have nothing I can add to the "butt' remark... gotta love the kids, so innocent, so honest. HA!
You know what? I miss your 365 photos.
Why is it that coloring with the kiddos is such a frustrating thing for adults??? Seriously, I color with my kid almost every day and I hate it. I'm only "allowed" to use the colors she gives me and she never lets me finish a picture either!!! WTF??
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2 hours. You are a better mom than I. My daughter would love to hang out with him though.
Hi Kim - You know. I love coloring with my kids. Therapeutic it is. Hope this finds you all doing well.
Awwww... I think I would LOVE two hours of coloring!!!
Yeah.
Then again,
Maybe not.
Love your work though!
Maureen
Blog Hoppin'
you make me yearn to be a mother with every fiber of my soul.
Ouch! Thanks, kiddo! LOL!
OMG! The ending to this story is priceless!
I tried to handwrite some thank yous the other day. OUCH! My wrist hurt.
KEEP BELIEVING
I heart coloring! But then, I don't have Drill Sergeant Donnie, either! Thank goodness Melo isn't saying such witty comments yet! ;)
Hugs!
Two hours! Kudos to you. I'm lucky if I last 30 minutes.
But he looks SO sweet and innocent! LOL