It doesn't work like that

One of the activities of choice at our house these days is colouring. We have a nice little collection of colouring books, markers and crayons (the latter two being washable ONLY - thank goodness, as a couple of days ago, Mallory decided to colour all over Liam's back!) The kids will spend hours at it (which makes for a very happy mom and dad).Within fairly short order, Liam has learned how to colour inside the lines really well. The other day he did a giraffe and the spots on it are just impeccable. Mallory is more of a scribbler; she just enjoys leaving her mark on life. There's probably some meaning in that. One day last week, Liam was colouring a squash. Not just a boring squash; I think it was one of the Veggie Tales characters, with a face and all... anyway, he slipped outside of the lip line and left a small red spot on the yellow of the squash. He was beside himself, and asked me to wash it off. I told him that what was done was done and there was no going back now.This only made him cry harder as he wailed, "But the markers are WASHABLE!..."

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