Things they don’t tell you about the chalkboard wall you so lovingly apply to help the children’s creativity blossom:
1. 4 year old will smear his face on the wall and scream out, “Look at me, mum I’m the JOKER!”
2. 2 year old will carry a very large receptacle of water and splash water all over the wall. “I’m washing, mum!”
3. Children will use any piece of fabric in the vicinity (ie clothes on their backs, tea towels, mother’s scarf) as a chalkboard duster.
4. Children will actually WORK TOGETHER and share the wall. Would anyone have thought THAT would happen?
5. Children won’t ask to watch Kim Possible, Batman or Mythbusters as they’re too busy drawing.
6. Mother can pretend she is homeschooling the children.
7. 2 year old will discover that sometimes it’s more fun to squash the chalk pieces to dust than use them to write.
At least your kids don’t EAT the chalk. We had to take it away from our brother ‘coz he started to eat the stuff! gross….
haha, though i’d kinda figured they’d use stuff you didn’t want them to as dustbusters, haha. was it your fave black silk scarf?
Oh, your #7 is our #1. We have one of those folding chalkboards from fisher price or pre-skool, and chalk didn’t last too long. But we had to put it away, cuz they did fight, and eventually started using it as a climbing toy.
Your #1 is hilarious.
Haleem – yes, Alhamdulillah for small graces.
Mona – it was a wonderfully black (not any more), very favourite scarf of mine (not any more).
Mousehunter – I tried very hard to play the stern parent but he just looked so cute. I told him he could have one more go at being joker and then we needed to put a stop to it
You lucky woman – at least the child didn’t use your underwear to wipe clean the chalk board! That is so embarassing if there happen to be guests around.
How do I know? Well…