My Sorry Attempt at Face Painting

As I was saying, my friend Julia's amazing face-painting artistry recently inspired me to purchase a Snazaroo kit and try painting my own kids' faces. Painting has never been my specialty, but where my red-headed, two-year-old son was concerned, I figured he'd look cute no matter what. And he's too young to complain, even when it looks like he painted his own bunny face. See what I mean. My poor daughter, on the other hand, did try to paint her own face, so frustrated was she by my pathetic attempt to draw a flowering vine up the side of her face. Yeah, it didn't go well. In a nutshell, she was really mad at me for doing such a bad job, and then got even madder at herself for not being able to improve upon my work. I would keep practicing, but I'm afraid to get her all riled up again. Lesson being that in her case, face painting might have to be left up to the pros. Bummer.

Face Painting With Friends

My friend Julia casually mentioned the other day that she'd picked up some face paints off Amazon and would my kids like to come over and get their faces painted. Would they? We can't pass one of those godforsaken face-painting booths without my daughter asking to be a butterfly, and my son pretty much wants whatever my daughter wants. So of course we accepted. And yes, Julia is supremely gifted in all things artistic. Just look at her beautiful work! Snook, the butterfly. I don't think she's ever been more pleased with herself.Bubs, the snake. This is his "mean guy" face. And below are the artist's own lucky daughters. And two more adorable little cuties from that day. With a friend like this you can be sure I won't be throwing down $12-$15 at those booths anymore. Not that I ever did. Julia, you are an inspiration! She truly is. I already bought my own set of paints and gave it a go. I'm embarrassed to even show you, but more on that later . . .