Has anyone solved the conundrum of perpetual scribbling on innocent hard to recover surfaces? We were finally thinking that the house was safe. We can paint and make things nice again, we said. Perhaps put in easy to manage flooring, refresh the wall paint, design and update the rooms. But alas, our homegrown Banksy has struck again. And she now signs her work proudly with her name on top of it, so there is no question on who did it. We have bought those markers that only colour on special paper to meet her artistic needs safely. The pens and such are normally hidden. But she can now parkour to their hiding spots and has a keen eye for anything poking out of dad’s work bag while on his way out the door. I had work out with a pen just yesterday and had to quickly answer the door. Then, I returned to a series of eights in a floral pattern over my draft. Every time I think maybe, just maybe, she has grown out of it… I tell her about the financial and time consequences for parents or to be mindful that Santa Claus is still working out his list with his ability to see *everything*. She gets it, apologises, but will strike at any further opportunity. We have all kinds of art alternatives so she can still create on appropriate surfaces. There just doesn’t appear to be a consequences (loss of game time, time out) or plea that dissuades her in a sneaky moment. She will even bring in colouring contraband from school to “decorate”.