This morning, Jackson and I were doing some random chores around the house. Now, when I say we were BOTH doing chores, I really mean that I was doing things, and Jack was right on my heels, undoing everything for me. Fantastic! At one point, he discovered some stickers in our bedroom, so I let him sit there and go crazy with the stickers while I did something productive without his help. At one point, things got eerily quiet in our bedroom, so I decided to check on the sticker boy. As I entered the room, I was met by Jackson, black sharpie in hand, and this:
You've got to scroll down a little bit so that it's a surprise............... :)
I almost threw up. I must have yelled, because Jack started crying. So I held him for a while, explaining that it was my fault for leaving him alone and that his artwork was really quite good. After we both settled down, I tried to remove the marks with a variety of household products. When none of them worked, I googled "removing permanent marker from wood furniture." And voila! There were tons of sites that claimed the magic eraser was exactly what I needed. Since we needed a couple of other things at Cub, Jack and I ran a quick errand. And there, on the top shelf of aisle 15, was my new man, in all his shiny bald glory:
I grabbed it and the rest of our shopping list and skedaddled out of the store. After getting Jack in bed, I started in with the magic. (By the way, the picture only shows half of the mess. I wanted to get it close up. The dresser is double wide, and he got both sides very nicely). AND BOY WAS IT MAGIC!!!! I just about cried, it was so amazing. It hardly required any effort on my part. I don't know what the sponge is made of or what is in it, but I was absolutely amazed. Here is the SAME dresser after Mr. Clean's help:
Aren't you just amazed? Seriously, I feel like I should call the company and do a commercial! :)
3 comments:
We have a stash of Mr. Clean magic easers around our house as well. They work fantastically at cleaning the stove (especially the burners) and cleaning the walls. He truly his a wonderful man. I think it's great that you praised Jack for his good artwork--that made the story hit home for me!
whew! what a relief! little boys are such STINKERS!
oh good, I'm glad Jack is exploring his creative arts in drawing... and that Mr Clean has saved your dresser! He is a great mean, that Mr. Clean!!
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