Marker On the Wall

Last night Lily had her Blues Band, then Corey and I went out to eat after they got home - 7 pm date night at Beaumont Bakery and Cafe. I wasn't really hungry, but did need some veggies cause I'd eaten a long of junk food treats during the day - halloween treats that I took from the kids. Tomorrow is fast Sunday, but I started my fast early after eating 3 apples for lunch. I had a bit of a headache this evening, most likely from the too much sugar in my system. So I was hiding on Katharine's bottom bunk bed resting for a few, when I heard what sounded like someone writing on the wall? Hmm. I didn't get up. I told myself that maybe it's not on the wall, maybe someone is coloring on paper and using the toy box as their desk, and it is close to and touching the wall, so that's why it's vibrating through. Scribbling continues... Or maybe it's Daniel doing his math homework. I close my eyes and rest some more, then 15-30 minutes later, I hear Owen enter his room and say "Katharine....! NOoooo.... Nooo Katharine...." So then I knew it was what my first impression told me. I got up, went in to see the damage. The older kids had been using one of those thick chisel tip Black Sharpie pens in the kitchen to trace designs on paper towels and had left it out on the table, and I think one of the boys took it from there up into their room, where Katharine found it. Yay. 

I was glad that she had spared Wesley's hockey banner. She didn't draw on Peter's chore board either. She kept it all on the wall, so I guess that is good? I called for kids to help me. Natalie came first. I got a few magic erasers and we got to work. Then I remembered hairspray. I only have a kind that I like and that we actually use (Aussie Megaspray), so I was sad to use it on the wall to clean, but we did and got most of the marker off. We tried hand sanitizer, that didn't work well on this surface. US Advantage also does not work on walls. We ended up using most of the bottle of hairspray. Hope we didn't do damage to ourselves by breathing that in. The boys all came and helped too. They protested a little bit that they didn't make the mess, and I ackowledged that that was true, but said they needed to help cause it was their room and their wall. We got most of the marker off in only 45 minutes of work, versus the three days of scrubbing that it's taken me with other wall art.