The Closed Door

Whenever Cady is about to do something bad, she closes the door behind her. I found this out one afternoon when I was tutoring. She snuck in the room, saw that I was preoccupied and left without a word, closing the door behind her. It seemed suspicious to me, so as soon as my lesson was over I rushed out and sure enough, she had covered our light yellow loveseat with large circles and swirls in ink. (This was when she was about 20 months.) I spent the entire afternoon scrubbing away. We bought a StainSafe warranty with the sofa but they didn't cover pen marks. So now whenever Cady closes the door behind her, I wait a few seconds, then burst in on her, just to see her jump. And she really is usually up to some mischief.