Don't you just love going to the park on a nice springy afternoon? I do too! Yesterday was no different. I dropped off two of my kids to piano lessons, picked up the teachers two kids and headed to the park for an hour. Love it!!
When I got to the park and looked around I was saddened. Oh, don't worry. The swings and slides and playground equipment were all still there. I was saddened when I saw this:
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Why would anyone want to put graffiti at a park where little children play! Does it make them feel powerful, like they rule the playground? Perhaps childhood scars are hard to heal? But the more I looked, the more I saw...
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It seemed to be everywhere. And it seemed to be multiplying...even while we were there. What kind of people write on playground equipment?
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What? Wait a minute...
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That looks a little juvenile...not that writing on something other than paper for fun is mature, but something about it was familiar.
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Oh. My. Goodness.
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Oh yes. Apparently my son is the type of person who finds joy in destroying public property. Oh, they are starting younger and younger...
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Big sigh......Guess what we get to do this Saturday. It is a trip to the park. Only this time instead of a marker, we have this in hand:
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I have little "H"s written all over my house in permanent marker from Hyrum. Whoever thought teaching a three-year-old to write was stupid. Oh, that was me.
Glad it wasn't at the park. But I would bring Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser. It works on ANYTHING. Even Sharpie on white cabinets.
Oh no!! I guess all permanent marker pens are now banned from your house and home! Here in the US I have to say you are all so lucky, as you rarely see graffiti in parks, recreation areas etc whereas in England is it EVERYWHERE, which is horrible.
If I lived nearby I'd offer to come and help with the clean up - my daughter loves any activity involving soapy water!
Oh My God! That is all I can say. Hope he likes cleaning.
Oh, no! Well, lesson learned hopefully.
PS: I live in England and it's beautiful where I am. No graffiti.
at first i was like ohhh nooooo
then i busted out laughing! i mean not at your cleaning the playground...ha ha but well there's his talent...artist!!!
you should see what my budding 19m old artist did to our couch w/a ball point pen! i was gonna blog later
btw that last comment took me 4 tries...obviously i can't read those code words to type in to get my comment published ha ha
this is SO funny. i mean, probably because it wasn't my kid.
but even if it were, at least it always makes for a good blog story, right? :)
Let the punishment fit the crime. Glad you're making him take responsibility.
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