Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Goodbye Scarlet Fever, Hello Scarlet Face
After concluding a phone conversation, you discover your unattended 4-year-old daughter is no longer working on a puzzle in the next room. She has instead delved into your wife’s make-up stash and used her face as a palette.
Your first reaction is to:
A) Scream and clean her face.
B) Scream and give her a time out.
C) Keep a straight face and grab a camera.
That’s lipstick on her lips, plus magenta lip liner and blue eye shadow on her eyebrows. She opened a mascara tube, but not knowing what to do with it, she put it away.
And yes, her brief sickness that was dubiously associated with Scarlet Fever a few days ago is just about gone.
My wife wears make-up only on rare occasions and we’ve done nothing to encourage our daughter to become a miniature Barbie or Bratz. It’s so rare I don’t think our daughter has ever seen her mom in make-up.
Oh, but wait, my daughter distinctly remembers one incident a month ago when my wife was giving her a bath. My Little Miss was playing in the tub while her mom organized the bathroom drawers. The make-up kit got taken out, my daughter watched, and a month later here we are.
So…
D) Clean her face and have her apologize, when Mom gets home, for using Mom’s grown-up stuff without permission. Then have a discussion about other grown-up things around the house that she is not to touch.
Ahh, time to use the cordless phone a bit more.
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4 Responses to “Goodbye Scarlet Fever, Hello Scarlet Face”
Hilarious. I probably need to remember to have reaction “C” more often when I discover my son exploring something new — like last night when he decided to climb up on the counter and empty a full bottle of dishwasher soap in the new wine glasses mommy ordered. Between stuff like that and his fascination with her bras…I tell ya, never a dull moment.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I’m surprised none of the make-up wearing moms (I presume most of you wear at least some make-up) cried foul at the comparison of make-up use to Barbie and Bratz. I didn’t mean such a direct comparison, but come on, where’s the outrage?
Incidentally, that phone conversation was with the finger puppet uncle.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I wear makeup every day but not enough for anyone to really notice, so the comparison to Barbie and Bratz doesn’t bother me. My 2 1/2 year old is quite fascinated by my makeup. I try to keep it out of her reach, because she has tried some eye shadow already … on her lips.
June 12th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
I don’t mind the makeup so much, but when my daughter applies a Sharpie to her face and legs ….
BTW, rubbing alcohol removes Sharpies but NOT Marks-A-Lot.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:12 am