Future tatoo artist

This morning has been interesting. Jacob decided he wanted to take a shower when I was done, and so I was sitting in the bathroom while he played around in the water and I started to wonder if Brian thought it was still me in there (thus preventing him from leaving and going to work). So I go downstairs to tell his it's Jacob in the shower and Brian is sitting at the table reading the newspaper in work pants, but no shirt, and he has a huge blue heart and polka dots markered all over his back.

I'm a little stunned that Brian would let Allison "tatoo" up his back right before he leaves for work, so I'm like "nice back," and Brian is like "what??" and I think the next word out of my mouth might have been "seriously??"

So as I pouring my coffee I realize he really doesn't know he has a mural on his back. So he goes into the bathroom to look and is like "when did she do that?" Now, perhaps the Post Crescent would be thrilled to know that their paper is so engrossing that your daughter can draw a full-sized picture on you and you don't even notice.

I, of course, am laughing so hard I can't manage to explain to Allison why she wasn't supposed to do it in the first place. Fortunately, we've managed to hide the Sharpies to the extent that I can't even find them anymore - so the marker she used was washable. Given that - it was pretty hilarious.

(Brian does have an explanation - which involves a comment I made earlier this morning about a red mark on his back and the fact that Allison was playing around with a brush and he didn't know she'd switched to marker when she was dotting his back - so unfortunately for Gannett Media - the Post Crescent isn't THAT riveting).