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Grand Opening for a Day

My kids love to draw. Art is their passion. The other day Clairissa and Abby decided that they wanted to have a "beauty shop" upstairs in their room. they set all their toys up got out blankets and decorated, and then made a huge poster advertising their shop that said "grand opening, girls only makeover, daycare while you get it done ". The girls even went as far as making signs for when they were opened and closed along with name tags made out of masking tape. Clairissa has a make-up kit and they were going to charge for things like applying eyeshadow 10cents, fingernails painted 20 cents, etc. In the mean time Jillian decided that she needed to participate so she started drawing people all over their poster.


It was all fun and games until Abby got fingernail polish on her nice shirt that you see here in the picture. Then yesterday, when I was putting Jillian to bed, I noticed a small spot of polish on Jillian's baby blanket that I made her. Momma aint happy no more! Needless to say that after giving them strict guidelines about keeping the make-up and polish out of the bedroom and off of the blankets, rules weren't followed, and I have officially nixed the girls makeover store. It was a fun thought while it lasted though. In fact, I think the preparation was the funnest part of their whole project.

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Nielson said…
That is so cute! Wow--Jillian does some great people drawing!!! And that stinks about the nail polish stains! Sometimes moms just have to ruin all the fun... :)
9/10/2008 3:59 PM
The Kohler Family said…
At least it was fun while it lasted. My girls love to put make up on and do each others nails. One day Rylee was painting her nails dark blue and the polish fell on the floor and splashed all over my tile and curtains. It came off the tile with some polish remover (and it took the sealer off the tile as well) and do you think it came off of the curtain?..of course not!
9/10/2008 5:42 PM
Sue Nuhn said…
Why is it children's creativity often come with a high price? One of my "favorite" memories of Mark was his attempt at making a tent. I had just made two quilts for the twin beds in his room and he tried gluing the edges of the quilts together. I asked him why he did that and he said, "I thought it was such a good idea!" Glue back then didn't come out either.
9/15/2008 9:44 AM
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