For weeks Mara has asked me to paint her fingernails. And for weeks I told her to wait until Christmas and we could do it for her birthday and Christmas.
I don’t mind doing her nails, but I’ve been super-busy since mid-November and trying to put off anything that wasn’t absolutely necessary during those few weeks. Besides, if we do her nails all the time, she’ll start to think she always needs to do her nails–and she is still only three. If we don’t do her nails all the time, it will be something special to her, something you can ask for on vacation or on your birthday or on Christmas. 🙂
So finally we did it. She was absolutely delighted!
Mara, waiting for nails to dry
Checking out the finished product
And showing them off
Sunday after Christmas, she came home from church with Daddy, saying, “I telled everyone at church and nursery that we painted my fingernails for Christmas!”
I’m sure she did.