heed my warning

if you have a toddler, never-ever assume for even for one second that you can just go to the bathroom and that the lack of noise upstairs is your darling baby doing something good and constructive. because it is in that one nanosecond, that they will find an old calligraphy pen that you had forgotten that was lost in your closet and head down your hallway decorating not only themselves but also every wall that they pass. and when that little precious finally arrives in your guestroom, they will dump that potted plant that you naively left sitting on the floor. and you my friend will be stuck repainting your house on an otherwise fantastic thursday afternoon.