Flowers, sunshine and rainbows appear on paper or magna doodles straight from the imaginations of Caelan and Evelynn. Hundreds of these drawings litter the house and are frequently gifted. This newfound joy in expressing themselves has been wonderful for a mother to see, even though the piles of paper come from important notebooks or pages from books (Caelan in both cases). I love the concept of a magna doodle, the screen holding enough space for one picture, then it can be erased. Definitely works to keep down the paper usage.
However, there are some pictures drawn on a magna doodle that I wish I could keep forever that had been drawn on paper. For instance, the picture Evelynn drew while I removed Caelan's broken bed from her room. Evelynn brought her magna doodle to me and said "This is a picture of you, Mom. You're mad because we broke the bed. See your face?" Another doodle of Evelynn's was a picture of Caelan. The stick-person-Caelan was in a circle with a line drawn diagonally across it. Evelynn, ever my observant child, said this was a picture for Caelan to know she was not to go into Evelynn's room. Ah, all the warning signs she has observed in recent weeks have paid off.
And then there are the drawings of our family. "This is Daddy. See right there, and we're all in the picture together." Why must all the pictures I want to keep end up on a magna doodle? Why am I surrounded by papers of rainbows, rainbow houses, princesses and unicorns? I've thought of taking photos of the magna doodle, but once the drawing has been shown off to me, it's immediately erased. Maybe I should encourage more paper usage.
