It is finally here…the time when Owen will be old enough to start causing trouble. He drew on our master bedroom’s bed sheets today and it only took a few seconds!

I was looking at something on the computer and the next moment when I turned around, he had already “decorated” the sheets.  My initially response was of course a loud “Owen, no no!” Then remembered all the articles I had read about not saying no, but rather explaining what he/she can do.  So I calmed down and tried to explain to him that you can only draw on paper.  I don’t know if he understands…we’ll see.  Sherwood asked him why I had given him a pen and I said I gave him a pencil, but somehow he got a hold of a pen and that was what he ended up using. Luckily, we were still able to wash the ink off.

The incident doesn’t end here though.  When Sherwood came home from school yesterday, he noticed the marks and asked Owen who drew on the sheets.  To my surprise, Owen lied and said “Mommy.” Now that was not acceptable.  We firmly told him that if he did it, he should say he did it, and not lie about it.  It’s unbelievably hard to explain to a 2.5 year old the concept of lying.  We did the best we could…he seems to understand as he later said “Owen” when posed the same question.

I personally expect many more of these incidents to happen, so I  need to read up on what to do when they do and how to teach him the virtue of honesty.