‘That drawing on the wall is still there now, two years later’

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How do those little mutts manage to achieve maximum effect when their mother is out of the room for three seconds. Nadine knows the best about it.

Nadine (35), mother of Faith (4):

“I went upstairs to get the laundry basket. That was easy, because Faith, then two and a half, sat on the floor in our bedroom and lovingly colored with her pencils in her coloring book. When I returned she was standing by the wall. Apparently she had moved her drawing to the wall under the mirror. Unconsciously she looked at me and said proudly, “Artwork, Mama!”

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Precious wall drawing

For a millisecond I was angry. But then it occurred to me that I had never explained to her that coloring on a wall was not meant to be. Luckily she never did it again. Her drawing is still there now, two years later. We never dared to paint over it, for fear of color difference.”

This article appears in Kek Mama 04-2022.

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