Ryan Seacrest loves a good pedicure.I love them, too, but I'm too cheap to pay for 'em. Instead, I'm a do-it-yourself-er.Minus the vibrating chair and thirty minutes of quiet, my version isn't that much different. Or is it?I recently polished up the piggies. Here's how it went:Get the kids a bedtime snack and turn on American Gladiators. Remove old toenail polish.Put cap back on nail polish remover and have Hayden ask, "What's that smell?" "Remover," I say. "I don't like remover," my 3-year-old bluntly announces.Apply a clear coat of polish. Let dry.Fill out permission slip for Griffin's field trip. Check toes, and remove a dog hair that became embedded in clear coat on left big toe. Lay out book to read to the boys.Apply summery-looking pink polish to my toes and let dry. Trip and stub three toes on right foot while going to retrieve boys pjs, and return to bathroom to re-polish. Let dry again.Dress the boys, read them their book, and share our favorite part of the day.Check toes. Apply final clear coat of polish. Help boys brush their teeth.Press lips together and hold in my frustration when my toddler marches on my left foot and smudges toes.Tuck boys in, and return to bathroom. Remove polish all over again.Repeat process and wonder why I didn't just pay for a pedicure.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
TEN TOES AND A TODDLER
Ryan Seacrest loves a good pedicure.I love them, too, but I'm too cheap to pay for 'em. Instead, I'm a do-it-yourself-er.Minus the vibrating chair and thirty minutes of quiet, my version isn't that much different. Or is it?I recently polished up the piggies. Here's how it went:Get the kids a bedtime snack and turn on American Gladiators. Remove old toenail polish.Put cap back on nail polish remover and have Hayden ask, "What's that smell?" "Remover," I say. "I don't like remover," my 3-year-old bluntly announces.Apply a clear coat of polish. Let dry.Fill out permission slip for Griffin's field trip. Check toes, and remove a dog hair that became embedded in clear coat on left big toe. Lay out book to read to the boys.Apply summery-looking pink polish to my toes and let dry. Trip and stub three toes on right foot while going to retrieve boys pjs, and return to bathroom to re-polish. Let dry again.Dress the boys, read them their book, and share our favorite part of the day.Check toes. Apply final clear coat of polish. Help boys brush their teeth.Press lips together and hold in my frustration when my toddler marches on my left foot and smudges toes.Tuck boys in, and return to bathroom. Remove polish all over again.Repeat process and wonder why I didn't just pay for a pedicure.
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