After I dropped her off, I drove over to pick up Regina at her office and we went shopping for a portable gas grill. Regina had done some research online and found one she liked, made by Coleman. Living in this apartment, we really miss being able to grill meats for dinner, so Regina thought we should buy a portable model for while we're in the apartment and later we can use it when we go camping. We found the one we wanted and bought it. At that point, it wasn't yet time to pick Katie up, so we went out to dinner, all by ourselves! What a treat!
After dinner, we picked up Katie and discovered that she and her best buddy had drawn all over themselves with red magic marker! Oh my goodness, they got it everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE - you know what I mean. Crazy girls.
After laughing about it and taking pictures, it was time to get serious about cleaning it off. Regina put her in the shower and began the process of scrubbing it off. She wasn't having much success and asked me to look online for solutions. Of course, every parent has a "magic marker" story, so google turned up numerous suggestions for the most effective method of removing magic marker from skin. Each person swore that their solution removed it like magic, although we failed to have the same magical results! We tried bath soap, dish soap, olive oil, sunscreen, toothpaste and A&D ointment. It was also suggested we should try baby wipes, alcohol and makeup remover but we didn't have any of those in the house. Actually though, we think the toothpaste worked the best out of all the things we did try.
Now she's ready for bed, minty fresh and with only the slightest evidence that just a couple of hours ago she was pretty messed up.
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