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I am so not ready for this

Yesterday morning during the Schmidt family get ready for school routine, AE went into my bathroom and locked the door. I figured I would give her privacy even though I really needed to get into the shower, I also couldn't figure out why she would be using my bathroom when hers is completely set up for her every need.

After about five minutes she walked out, there was no flushing, water running - nothing.

I asked her, "What's going on. Are you o.k.?"

"Yeah, I'm o.k." she turned her head and walked past me down the hall.

I went downstairs to make her some eggs, while sitting down to eat I looked over and saw Tammy Faye Bakker (during her PTL heyday) sitting next to me, where my little girl used to sit.

AE decided September 19, 2007 was to be the day she tried out mom's makeup and let's just say the mascara application did not go as planned and was nowhere near to getting under mom's radar. AE already has long eyelashes you can't miss, however the mascara made her look like a doe in headlights.

We did some quick makeup removal and my little girl got on the bus looking like the 9 year old that she is.

You know, this isn't AE's first foray into the world of makeup, in fact this time was a lot more low key.

When AE was in kindergarten she was over at a friends house after school when AE, her friend and the friend's older sister decided to sample our neighbor's makeup. The girls dabbled in blush, eyeshadow and lipstick - really did it up good.

At the end of the fun they tried to remove the makeup and it wouldn't come off, so in a moment of panic the eldest sister dialed 911 because to her this was an emergency. The police came to the house and our neighbor found out about the beauty course going on in her bathroom when the police came to the door. AE learned her lesson about makeup and we hadn't touched the stuff until yesterday.

I guess I can be thankful for a few things, 1) she didn't call the police because she thought she looked really good, 2) I don't own any of the sky/peacock blue, purple orchid, pink sunrise eyeshadow of my youth that I tried out in Junior High.

I wonder, do they still sell those?

Comments

Chris said…
Sadly yes.

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