RETRACTION!!!

Just in case anyone may have taken parental tips from the last post (may I say you must have been really desperate coming here for parental tips), for the record, I have been informed that using a Magic Eraser on skin can cause chemical burns or abrasions. My son DID NOT have this particular reaction, however, if I should cause ANYONE chemical burns or abrasions because of my ignorance of what is on the label, ((which happens to say: DO NOT USE ON SKIN OR OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY (Do not ask me what other parts of the body they could mean))I would NEVER forgive myself. For this purpose I make a formal rectraction for the first time on this blog:

DO NOT USE MAGIC ERASER ON YOURSELF OR YOUR CHILDREN!! I would much rather know all you out there have unburned, unabrased skin!! I am sorry to suggest such a barbaric means of removing permanent ink!!Thanks to all those willing to forgive me!!

I am sure there are better ways to remove permanent marker, or better yet, just become/remain anti-marker and your child will never have to endure being Magically Erased like mine was!!

Well, Color Me Happy...With Permanent Ink!!!

Crazy thing. I was just trying to think of what to blog. Careful what you wish for.

Oh, the joys of family life. I just happened to be checking my email and stocking some blogs while the kids were eating lunch, and I came up to check on them, when...I FOUND THIS!!! Yes, Avery had um,..."beautified" her younger brother with BLACK, PERMANENT MARKER.

Now, let me explain why we had a permanent marker out in the first place. Kendal's Valentine cards for his kindergarten class would not take a regular marker or crayon without wiping right off, so the permanent marker was the only thing he could write with (I could rant quite a long time on the Valentine candy industry and how they attempt on every hand to irritate and torment every parent with their choice of wrap). Apparently, this parent had not yet put the PERMANENT MARKER away...yet.

While I was contemplating what to blog on next...the next blog just came to me. See how lucky I am????

Oh, and one more thing. This may be "off-label" for the uses of a Magic Eraser, but I have to say it worked beautifully to get the marker off Drew's head, and he didn't mind it a bit.