Permission to Draw on the Wall

Since my little artists seem to think the wall is the best canvas anyway, and since I’m about to lose my mind with these flat painted walls that drawings do not come off of . . .

I went a bit bold and repainted this weekend.

I sometimes struggle with the balance between fostering my kids’ creativity and setting limits, and so I hesitated for a minute, wondering if chalkboard paint would encourage more drawing on other walls, or if it would contain it. In the end I decided to just set some boundaries, go for it, and see how it goes. I mean, it’s JUST paint, nothing permanent. (Quite a surprise to Jared when he came home from work though! Turns out he LOVES it and went right to work adding his own bit of wisdom to the wall.)

Naptime is golden around here and I was able to get the wall painted in just under two hours thanks to an edger. How I’ve never known about this blessed tool I’ll never know. Best $5 I spent though and I see more painting in my near future. (Some of you may be wondering what’s up with me painting the walls of my rental house. . .yes, we did get permission and our landlords curse the flat paint just as much as we do.)

(Ok, I kind of like doodling on the wall too!)

My kids love, love, love the new kitchen wall and I think it’s going to be a good thing, especially  at the evil dinner hour, because (are your kids like this?) they want to be wherever I am, so they follow me around the kitchen, but then they tend to get bored and whiny while I’m doing dinner, dishes, etc. This way they can still be where I am, but will be busy doing their own thing.

(Best part about this for me is that he’s wearing a raccoon hat!)