Busted.

Poor little Mallory. She's had a rough go of things lately. Last week she was sick as a dog. Then her cheeks were bothering her, no doubt because of all the Kleenex scratchyness. So I put some gentle lotion on her cheeks, and the next morning she woke up with something akin to chemical burns. I felt awful for her and mad at myself for using the lotion (buh-bye, Burt's Bees), but then she made matters worse by proceeding to draw all over her own face with a magic marker. Which necessitated a good scrubbing to remove.

Liam must not have noticed this last bit because two days later, he came sauntering into the kitchen with an impish grin on his face. And magic marker scribbled all over the rest of it. Seems he thought what Mallory did was pretty funny and decided to try it himself, too.

Anyway... now that both kids know that writing on oneself with markers is not OK... hopefully they will both be staying clean for the foreseeable future. I have to head to Toronto tonight and have a long day on the road tomorrow too, but I hope to be back late tomorrow night. When I told the kids I would be leaving for 30 hours they seemed fine, but as I tucked Mallory into bed last night, she started to cry. "I want to see you," she wailed. Meaning, she doesn't want me to go. Here's hoping the weather stays clear and the traffic isn't bad... I will be trying to get home to her just as soon as I can.

PS - Cogeco somehow managed to delete my email account. All my saved folders, inbox, contacts - gone. If you emailed me sometime over the past 3 days, I am not ignoring you... your message has disappeared. Please try again!