So, for the past several weeks–dating back so far I couldn’t even tell you–Cameron has been saying things like, “Mama, we never paint my toenails” and “we’ve never painted my nails” and so on….It’s all very indirect, but obvious, you know.
So, I finally decided it was pretty harmless–and even boys can and do paint their nails)–so I found some non-toxic nail polish and ordered it just before Memorial Day.
I mention the order date because I let Cameron know I ordered it…and then the poor thing was tortured because the package arrived late! It didn’t arrive on Saturday, as expected, so we had to wait all the way until Tuesday for it to show up!
Every day, our dear li’l daughter would ask if the package arrived. She’d look so hopeful when I’d go to our mailbox and then when it wasn’t there, she’d ask some version of, “but it will come soon, right?”
When it arrived, Dylan was so excited for her! We all shook the bottles up (we got a 3-pack with pinks and red) and, after I had a go at her toes, Dylan wanted to do her nails….Then he told her that her nails looked beautiful and she beamed from ear to ear!
Ever since then, we’ve been re-painting as needed. One of the reviews of Piggy Paint knocked it for not lasting very long. Since it’s water-based, it “chips” off and you have to re-paint. We see this as an upside! She wants to paint them often anyway (of course, now, she also wants a billion different colors).
This evening (while at dinner with HAKT), she showed her nails to Taliana and K. and Taliana so sweetly told her she would give her a spa treatment some time!
I never thought I’d find myself in this world–and with Cameron at such a young age–but as long as “looking good” doesn’t eclipse other aspects of themselves, we’re fine with it.
