Nontoxic

The other day, Donna gave Reilly a pen and a piece of paper. Reilly proceeded to scribble a bit on the paper. At that moment, she became a Drawer. At once, I was surprised and not surprised--an event that happens quite regularly for this dad.

Motivated by her new found skill, the next day I gave Reilly a large crayon that Shawn had brought back from Germany. She was able to draw a few faint lines on a piece of paper, but the pressure required of the waxy crayon was a little much for her to overcome.

The same day, I bought Reilly some sidewalk chalk to try out. Later, Shawn sat her down at the city park and opened up the box of chalk:

Reilly got to work right away, and she was pretty good at it, getting about 50% of the chalk on the pavement, 40% on her clothes, and about 10% in her mouth. Good thing Crayola makes nontoxic chalk. Reilly's spit was blue for ten minutes afterward.