What a morning. Redhead (the older daughter) and Mama's Girl (the younger daughter) spent the weekend coloring on the front door and the walls leading up to it. Thought they could have crayons again (this is not the first instance of wall art), but they proved Husband and I wrong.
So, I have green, pink, brown, and just a touch of blue crayon on my walls that I now have to clean up. Luckily, I have those wonderful Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. So I managed to spend half the morning cleaning the lovely art my two girls decorated my house with. And I'm only half done. But all that scrubbing really hurts my wrist.
Plus, I used up two of the erasers in pursuit of clean walls.
I have heard that baking soda gets crayon off walls too, so I might work on that later today (or maybe tomorrow). In theory, I could easily get all this crayon art removed from my walls by tomorrow.
I don't think it will be done today simply because we have an IEP meeting at Redhead's school this afternoon. She has a speech delay that we're hoping to get help for during the second half of the school year. She's in 4K, so we really want to get at least some progress before she hits kindergarten next year. Plus, Mama's Girl (who's two) is starting to surpass her sister in the language department and I think that bothers Husband and me more than it bothers Redhead.
I sometimes hate that this speech delay is happening with my kid. I have my suspicions as to why it happened, but they're just that. Suspicions.
See, what happened is this. Husband was Army. He deployed twice during Redhead's early years (which, technically she's still going through). Because I was a first time mom with Redhead, living far away from my family, and a serious introvert, Redhead didn't get the opportunity to listen to people talking. It was relatively quiet in our house while Husband was deployed.
Now, she's nearly five, and we have to get her help so that she doesn't remain behind in her development. Redhead is a crazy smart kid. She's super logical and can problem solve like crazy. She just can't communicate with us.
I am glad that we won't have to go through this with Mama's Girl. Her development seems relatively on track for her age.
Now, if only Mama's Girl and Redhead would be quiet every so often. They can drive me a little crazy with all the talking.
What's the craziest thing your kids have made you clean up?
If your kid has an IEP for a speech delay, how much did it help in the pursuit of language skills for your child?
