Me too.

If my little brother did that, no one would be running to get the camera, and even if they did, there's no way in hell the mood in the house would allow smiling.

I agree. Hmm I think my copy is still at my mom's.

I dunno, I think it all depends on who took the picture. If my little brother had done that and I discovered it before my parents did, I'd be laughing my ass off and would gleefully snap some pictures. I could also imagine a grandmother who thought it was hilarious because she put The Mother's Curse (to further reference Cosby) on her daughter.

I don't know if the scenario depicted is legit or not. I can certainly see the argument against it though. But I'll relate a story from my own childhood.

My cousin and I were born one month apart. We were for all intents brothers. We spent a lot of time at our grandmother's house because all four of our parents worked. So one day in our boredom, we decided to "decorate" one of the walls in the guest bedroom. We each put a crayon each of our hands and proceeded to jump up and down on the bed whilst holding the crayons against the wall. (The long edge of the bed was butted up next to the wall.) I don't know how long it took us, but when we were done, the entire wall was covered in a thick layer of colorful wax.

When our parents came over to pick us up, they were ready to kill us! Were it not for Grandma's intervention, we probably would still be in trouble. Not only that, but when my parent's wanted to paint over it, she wouldn't let them. She felt it was a work of art and steadfastly refused to let them get rid of it. Years later, when she sold the house, our "mural" was still there.

A non-parent might believe that this could never happen. A parent knows it can happen.Over reacting just a tad bit on this one?

Oh no. That's not how it would go at all, I know the exact quote I would hear:

"Well if you weren't spending so much time on that ******* Disney Message board and watching your brother, it wouldn't have happened! Why the Hell did we even buy you a laptop anyway? Just so you could surf on sites about useless ****? I can't wait until college starts and you get out of my house!"

Ten bucks says that's the rant word for word.

Agreed. In a situation like that I think there is no choice but to laugh. Getting angry won't help. Leave an open can of paint with what looks like a two year old and a baby, and what do you think will happen? I would definitely have grabbed the camera.

We had something similar, but not as bad happen. We were rushing around one morning getting ready, not realizing that we had left a tube of red acrylic paint on a low shelf. Indi was two at the time and did what any two year old would have done in that situation. He squeezed it all out onto the carpet, then rubbed it all over himself. Luckily, we had some really good stain remover and the carpet came out ok. We made sure not to leave paint down again!

Yep.

Odds are, that can of paint wasn't open. It probably still had the lockseals on it as well. Any parent can tell you that childproofing is an illusion, and only kids can open childproofed items.

My niece, the one with the toddler/Sharpie incident, did grab a camara and take pics. She was mad, but mostly at herself for leaving the marker out and her kiddo alone for the 2.5 seconds it took for him to ruin their furniture.