Art

I just read a post on a friend's blog about her son drawing on the floor with a pencil and it reminded me that I have some art work on our dining wall to take care of.  This was drawn by Ellie several weeks ago...  I can't believe I keep forgetting about it, even though it's right there in the dining area where I can see it as I walk by and as I sit down to eat - literally hundreds of times.  It didn't even occur to me to clean it up before I had people visiting.  I guess it's just part of the decor now and it's almost a shame to get rid of it.

I was pretty upset when the first time I saw it.  I guess it's my own fault for leaving the marker where Ellie could get to it.  Now, I'm realizing it's not that big of a deal.  I'm remembering a talk President Monson gave, in which he said: "If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled will disappear all too soon and that you will—to your surprise—miss them profoundly," (General Conference October 2008 ).