I Feel Pretty!

I have two girls.    This is undeniable when it comes to make-up.    Make-up for them started innocently enough by bribing them to cut their finger nails and toe nails with promises of getting polish afterwards.  (This trick works great by the way if you do have little ones and difficulty getting them to sit still for the procedure.)  Then, they would see me get ready for work and I let them use Chap Stick and the make-up brush to put on powder.

Things became a little deep though this Christmas as they both received full make-up kits in their Santa Sock.    This included lip gloss, blush and eye shadow – and not in subtle colors.   Plenty of experimenting has occurred since then – it especially seems to occur on days daddy is left in chargeJ.    I came home one day (with a friend to show her our house) and Grace’s whole face was purple.    On top of it being purple – she didn’t do it herself; she had let Clara put make-up all over her!

For Easter, Grandma gave Grace fingernail polish.   There is a requirement this is used outside – which they are really good about following.   And I will admit, this weekend when it was beautiful outside and I was getting ready to go to the symphony, I actually enjoyed the time all three of us sat outside and painted our nails together.   They worked together well saying “please pass me the blue Gracie” and “Thank you Clara” just like little ladies.   When they were done, there was polish from their knuckles to the tips of the nails.    Luckily, this washes off easily.

As for clothes, we really lucked out with Grace.    She chooses comfort over fashion (and I use the term fashion very loosely here) nine out of ten times.   Her sister though is a different story.    She chooses pretty dresses most days and is very opinionated about which pretty dress is best.    It got to the point where we now let her pick out her clothes the night before as she is too grumpy and too opinionated if you pick out something for her in the morning.   We do let them both choose their clothes each day so hopefully the daycare and other parents don’t judge us too much on the outfits they sometimes put together.    And I am glad hipster culture is popular now where any combination of stripes, plaid and polka dots is approved.

Of course, there is also the princess dresses.    Any chance to put on a princess dress, Clara is right there.   Grace usually joins her too.    The Saturdays they get to run around in a princess dress are a very happy day.   Clara even tried to convince a baby sitter once it was ok to wear the princess dresses to daycare.    Sorry Clara, that morning mom had to pick out your clothes for you as the princess dress isn’t going to cut it.