I Need to Express My Individuality

There have been many a day that I would come home to find this:

Crayon and colored pencil scribbles all over the door

Several pieces of paper lying around the floor with pen ink drawings on them

And self made tattoos on Vessel's arms and legs.

Mike just defends our boy by saying (in the voice we use for Vessel) "I Need to Express My Individuality!" Then I just laugh.