Flashback 2006 - Little Girls and Lipstick Don't Mix

In June of 2006 (Kaylin was about a year and a half) we went down to San Diego to spend some time with Great Grandma Charlene and to have a mini-vacation. On Sunday afternoon I placed Kaylin down for her nap (in her Pack-N-Plan) in the guest bedroom. I then proceeded to the living room where James and I visited with family for the next couple of hours. I had a habit of peeking in on Kaylin when she was napping. But the house was old and the bedroom door was tight and squeaked so I tried to keep my distance. At one point I finally decided to risk it. I gently cracked opened the door and to my horror found my little girl sitting up with her face and body completely red. A split second of panic set in as I wondered if she was choking on something or having an allergic reaction. And then in an instant I discovered what she had done. First of all - she had not been sleeping (for who knows how long). Instead she had been discovering the joy of "painting". Turns out the Pack-N-Play was within arms length of the dresser where just hours before I had placed two tubes of lipstick. My precious daughter had spent an unknown amount of time "detailing" her body in two lovely shades of pink. After I got over the initial shock I carefully (and I mean carefully) picked her up and re-introduced her to the rest of the family. Below are the pictures of her handy work:

The first two pictures you can tell by the look on her face that she's unsure of what's going to happen to her. She couldn't tell if she was in trouble or not. After our shock wore off we couldn't help but laugh (I mean really - how are you suppose to react to something like this). Once she saw us smiling she knew she was off the hook and began to ham it up. (Well - it was funny until the clean-up began. Just an FYI - lipstick will leave a ring around the tub. So after I cleaned her, the tub, and her clothes and sheets I banned all lipstick from the premises.)