One step forward, two steps back

So, the other day it was very cold. After a frigid walk to the bus stop, I got out the hot chocolate to warm the kids up. Elise ended up looking like this:

Probably should have taken the shirt off before handing her the mug...

At any rate, I was certain I would never get the chocolate out of the shirt.
I tried Shout or whatever stain fighter is in my laundry room, with dismal results.

When I was at Harmon's today, I grabbed a bar of Fels Naptha (or whatever it is called) because I had heard good things about it. I rubbed it on the stain, and then soaked the shirt in a borax solution for like an hour. It totally came out. It looked perfect. The shirt was still a bit wet, and I didn't have any laundry to dry, so I just laid it out on a chair to dry.

Enter Elise.

She picked up the shirt and brought it over to me, asking if she could wear it. I told her she'd have to wait until another day because it was still wet. Then I looked down at it and noticed that it was covered with little red fingerprints. Elise had been drawing with a red marker immediately before picking up the shirt.

This is a lousy picture, but you get the idea. Little red smudges everywhere.

I guess I get to start all over now...

Yeah, Laundry!!!