Mommy Makeover

Every year at my kids' elementary school, the Kindergarteners have a special day for Moms, always the Friday before Mother's Day. All the Moms get to come to school and the kids sing us songs they've learned (some are real tear-jerkers about them growing up!) and each kid gets to put make-up on their Mom.

We were out of town that Friday, so I told my girls we could do the Makeover at home. Yesterday was the big day! Zoe and Lucy were SO excited and had looked forward to this for days. I had just gotten out of the shower and had a nice fresh blotchy face for them to work with. They took a long time covering blemishes and age spots with several concealers and foundations before moving on to cheeks, eyes, and lips. They each worked on one side of my face but they did coordinate so that the two sides matched.

Look at what trust I have in my daughters; they each did a set of top lashes all by themselves and didn't even poke my eyes out!
I didn't look in the mirror until they were completely finished; and boy was I impressed! I guess they've watched me do my makeup enough to know basically what to do. Listening to their back-and-forth during the procedure I was a little nervous ("Lucy, that color is WAY too dark!" "Wait, I think we need some MORE blush here...") but afterwards all I did to prepare for going to the grocery store was rub a little blush off and eye shadow on the side where it was purple all way up to my eyebrow.

It was pretty fun and they worked on me for at least half an hour. I think we'll do this again sometime in the summer when we're having a bored afternoon.
photos by Noah

And that ginormous forehead is the reason I will have bangs for the rest of my life.