“It’s all gonna burn someday.” Troy reminded me, as we assessed the damage to our Ethan Allen dining table. “I know, Babe…I just didn’t expect it to burn so soon.”  I said with a weary smile. Our mischievous curious almost-four-year old did what was right in his own eyes yesterday afternoon. He uncapped a dry erase marker and lit it on fire with a cozy candle in the middle of my dining tablescape. Did you know that dry erase markers are super flammable? Are you surprised? He was evidently surprised too, since he quickly dropped the enflamed marker onto the ash veneered table and watched it burn until Number 1 came to the rescue. Melted plastic, charred ink, and a destroyed finish awaited me as I came running. Though none of his brothers had actually seen him do the deed, it seemed evident who the culprit was. Number 5, the baby, had an […]