A little girl + lip gloss = a sticky, sparkly mess

Sydney has all but given up on taking naps in the afternoon. I still "encourage" (it sounds better than demand or require ;)) her to have some rest or some quiet time in her room. She usually will read or play and as long as she's quiet, it's fine with me. (It's important to note that recently a friend of mine got me hooked on a trilogy of books that pretty much consumed my mind, therefore consuming every free, quiet moment I had during the day. So, nap time became even more precious while I tried to read as much as possible while I had some free time. :)) With this in mind...when I heard movements from Sydney, I confess, I did not go up to check on her because it sounded like all of her other "nap time" movements--I assumed she was just hanging out quietly in her room. She was hanging out...she was being quiet...but she was up to no good.

She had found lip gloss. Sparkly, gooey, Victoria's Secret, vanilla scented lipgloss in her drawer. Stuff that she never wears, has never asked to wear...and apparently thought it was to be used as lotion. She was literally covered from head to toes in sticky, vanilla, sparkly lipgloss. It was in her hair. Her ears (I later discovered at bath time that night). Her eye lids even had the sparkly goop. As much as I was unhappy with what she did...as you can see I went against my better judgment and documented this moment. But I knew that this would be something that we could both look back on and smile about later. :)

As a testament to the quality and "durability" of the lipgloss...VS sure knows what they're doing. We scrubbed and scrubbed and couldn't get all of the stuff removed. She was quite sparkly for a few days. ;)