184-End of swim lessons

Days 182 and 183 I sucked and didnt take any pictures

182 was a long drive spent coming home from Marsvale

Unloading

Cleaning up

AND we found special that day that took up a lot of our time on that day and the next!

HOPEFULLY something I will be able to tell you all about at the end of this week!!!!

This 'special thing' has CONSUMED our last week

Enough that we decided to NOT go on vacation we had planned and to stay home and get ready for this new adventure

So that was days 182 and 183 that hopefully you'll see pictures of soon!

So 184 was the last day of swim lessons

Thank goodness

I love watching her and she has a blast.. but its nice to not have that in the daily schedule early in the am

They did their lessons and then it was play time for the last 15 minutes

Her new thing is to jump into the pool and scream cannon ball

After swim lessons we went home and I took a nap

I was tired and had a headache

When I woke up after an hour.. 

My child who was so sweetly playing in her fort when I layed down..was now covered in sharpie marker

All over her hands and feet and legs

She is STILL grounded from all forms of coloring due to the last few mishaps we have had

She actually has NO crayons, pencils or markers because she cant color on what shes supposed to

She found a jar full of sharpies on top of the microwave that had been there for weeks

She took those markers to her fort to make signs for it

She made signs by placing paper towels on the TAN MICROFIBER COUCH and WROTE on the paper towels with Sharpies..

On several spots on the couch and end table

Mom about lost it

She has been pushing buttons and everything as far as she possibly could lately

She got the mad silent...

where you dont even speak and they know how in trouble they are

I called my mother in law whose a cleaning fanatic to see if she knew how to get Sharpie out

She didnt answer so I googled and it said hairspray helps

So I took as much out with hairspray as possible and headed to Walmart

While I was there she called back and called a detailer at her work

He said rubbing alcohol, nail polish remover or paint thinner should work

I was able to get almost all of it out with hairspray first, then nail polish remover, then scrubbed and scrubbed. Did another round of nail polish remover. Some water. Then Tide pen.. then scrubbed some more

There are very few small spots where the black didnt come out but its hardly noticeable

I got most of it off the end table too which isnt a big deal because I can sand that..

I cant sand the couch!