My Little Picasso

The other day I was busy doing something and I suddenly stopped and realized it was silent in the house. As any mother knows, unless your kid(s) are confined to a crib or in bed sound asleep, quiet is usually not a good thing. I quickly called out to Gavin....who came running excitedly with a crayon in hand. I said, "oh you are coloring, where did you color?" (Keep in mind, I did not provide him with this crayon). He just pointed down and I asked him to show me. He went running to the back door and with the proudest grin, showed me he had colored all over our tile. I think he was especially excited about how he had fill in all the grout blue. Lucky me. What was I to do? We've never had this lesson before so...I simply told him that was a no-no and it was very naughty and we only color on paper. I couldn't give him a time-out b/c he really didn't know any better. I mean, the huge grin on his face alone told me that! At least it wasn't the walls....this time!