mani/pedi
after N’s nap (yes, we’re still napping over here at 3.5 and i’m milking it!) she asked if we could paint… but with a sly look in her eye. i said, “sure! whatcha wanna paint?” she said, “i want YOU to paint…” so i was like, “um, what do you have in mind?” she offered, “my fingernails and toenails!”
sometimes we do pedicures, where her toes have to match mommy’s…
"cute as a button"
"full of life"
"chinchilly"
she loves the silly names of the polishes we use. i only use the brands zoya, essie, and sparitual on her nails because those are safe for pregnant women, and if it’s not safe during pregnancy, it shouldn’t be safe for kids or adults any other time, no? green beauty is beautiful, so we stick to these brands. (zoya makes a great nail polish remover, too!) plus, the names are fun!
we’ve only painted N’s fingernails once. i mean, i can barely keep my fingernails painted with all the art we do around here. but i indulged her today. she chose “shorty pants” for her hands.
"shorty pants"
then she chose both “lilacism” and “mint candy apple” for her toes.
can you tell they're alternating?
now i think we’ll actually go make a painting! 
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We did the painting finger & toenail thing this week too, and alternated the colours because we had to use ALL the different nailpolish (good job we only have 3!). Mind you, this was after Princess had put eyeshadow ALL OVER her face (she was convinced it was blusher!)
Cute! Of course the next development in this series is to let Novi loose on you with face paints.
I would think twice about Essie- it scores in the high hazard range on Skin Deep- serious toxicity!
Cute nails!
Love it! Makes me wish for a girl, though my 5 year old does let me paint his sometimes (he asks!)