When I heard Brian walk into Isaac's room tonight, to see if he was asleep and heard "oh (insert poopy explicative here)"...and didn't hear Isaac crying - I was terrified.
Rightly so.
The scene which I happened upon, only seconds later was one that brings oneself to a standstill. Wordless. Stricken. Overwhelmed.
Red streaked down his legs. It covered the sheets. It dripped from the sides of his bedrails.
Was it blood?
No. Worse. Much worse. Sharpie. RED sharpie.
How he got it, we can only speculate, but he had it. He had it on his legs, his arms, his toes, his sheet, and worst - HIS BED. The beautiful white bed, purchased with such consideration....striped. Like a zebra. Only red and white.
"Get mom on the phone - STAT!".
Mom came to the rescue with the bizarre knowledge that only mom's of many years (and many sons) would have. Perfume.
So now, our son is blissfully sleeping, in a room, reeking of "Clinque Happy"...to the extent that I don't think I will ever be able to consider it a "fresh delightful smell" anymore. It is now on par with bleach, resolve and ammonia.
Happy. Right. Relieved is more like it.
(I think Brian is high off perfume - he claims to see the image of the Grinch in Isaac's scribbles)
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Can anyone else find what is a decent picture of the grinch in the "drawing"?
Oh my gosh! I SO TOTALLY SEE IT!
Wow...I can see it. I bet you guys smell soooooo good!!! What an odd coincidence that it was "Happy" which fixed such an ordeal. Glad you thought enough to snap some pics so we could enjoy :)
I see the Grinch!! Yupperdoo. A budding Van Gogh.
BTW-I am reading this to Ron and he thinks I am talking about our nephew Isaac. Who is like 20. Then he goes Who's Brian? the cop?? How does he know Isaac? I told him it was really Billy Bob. Dementia sets in. Must have been the beefy burger.
did the perfume remove it from his skin or the sheets? Whew...bet that smells...hope the windows are open tonight!!
I totally saw the grinch right away! Hilarious story.
Been there!!! I have had the first two do that...still waiting for the third.
Lucky you-your mom told you what to do-I had to wait until it faded...and let me tell you-it was FOREVER!!!
(Yes-you have a budding artist! That is the grinch!)
Great story, thanks for sharing. What's with the light on Brian's head and the crazed look?
I see the Grinch!
The perfume removed it from his bed. I left it on his skin - I didn't have it in me to scrub my child silly because of some red stripes...so - he is still striped...the sheet is a loss... although, I could sell it on ebay as "Grinch themed sheet"...
The light on Brian is assuring he got ALL the red off the bed, and the crazed look is - well, just Brian's "look at me being cheesy" camera look....
I gasped when I saw these photos!
I think you need to keep the sheet as a memento :).
Oh my!! Yup can totally see the Grinch :) You have an artist...LOL ;) Oh gotta love em, and the stories you'll have for when he is older...
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