Colors!

Nora had her first sustained experience with markers yesterday during dinner preparations. At first she was mesmerized with the way the cap came on and off the marker. Then she was amazed at the large, swooping blue arcs the marker made on the page. Off and on she breathed "Oddy," in awed wonder as she marveled at her own efforts on the paper. Then, somewhere between the spices and the simmering, she tattooed herself.

Today, even two baths later, we can still see blue marks like inky veins scampering across her Buddha belly. Whenever she happens to think of it, Nora shows her round middle and proudly announces, "Colors!"