Being 3 is tough

Tonight after dinner Ellie and I were sitting at the piano and I was trying to teach her Heart and Soul. After about 5 minutes I turn around and Clair runs to hide her face behind a chair. I stand up and ask what's wrong, as I can see in her eyes something's up. She steps aside and her face changes as she yells, "Mommy, you ruined my feelings." and bursts into tears!

She had drawn all over her face. I gave her a disapproving look, where inside I was somewhat smiling. She loses it!

I told her it wasn't that big a deal and picked her up and put her on my lap. We sat there and reminisced about Ellie doing this same thing with a more permanent pink marker at the same age on the plane back from Scotland. Clair wasn't really amused, but she stopped crying as she wanted to ask to see the picture of Ellie when she did it to herself.

These girls are something else. She went between smiling and crying a few times, worried about what she had done. It mostly came off right away in the tub, thankfully.