It's Kinda Like That Time...

Tonight my daughter came into the kitchen as Jack and I were eating dinner.  She had taken a shower, and I could tell right away that something was up.  She looked at me with that "You're not going to like this..." look, so I was prepared.  Of course, she is the really creative one in the house, and there isn't much she hasn't tried to do because she thought, "I wonder what would happen if I did this..." So, I was pretty prepared for whatever it was she was going to announce.

I wasn't disappointed.  She said, "Well, I was doing a science experiment in the shower with my nail polish, and it didn't quite work out like I thought it would.  And.....this happened."  At that moment, she stuck out her hands and there was nail polish smeared all over her fingers.  Then she proceeded to say, "And we don't have nail polish remover, so I can't get it off."

Apparently, my response shocked her slightly because all I said was, "Huh. Okay.  I'll go grab some from Walgreen's on my way home from tutoring.  You can pay me back out of your allowance when I get home."  She said she thought I would be a little more upset, because there was nail polish in the bathtub (which proved to be no problem removing with the nail polish remover).

To which I responded..."Well sweetie, it's kinda like that time when you were 4, and you decided to color your hair blue to match the Bratz doll that Nana had bought you. You wanted to color your hair to match the doll's hair that you had just dyed blue.  Of course, it was the night before Easter pictures.  There wasn't much I could do except try to wash it out.  We washed and rinsed your hair about 20 times that night.   Those pictures have provided me with smiles every time I look at them because you can see the slightest hint of blue tint in your hair.  So yeah, this is kind of like that time."