Saturday Afternoon Fun

Today is a beautiful, cool Fall day. I am trying to get my many chores done, but I am being distracted...

...here is the reason for my distractions. Two little sweethearts have been staying in our home for the last few days. They distract me, over and over again. I don't mind it though, not one little bit. Here they are with Banjo. Banjo was purchased from a second hand shop, a few years ago when their brother was quite young. His grandpa had the idea that he would teach his grandson early on in life, to ride horse. The reactions were different than he had hoped, so Banjo spent the first few months in our attic, waiting and hoping to someday be rode again. Now, Banjo has come down to the living room, and is actually quite popular. All three now want their turn. Funny how things like that work. This afternoon, only two are taking their turns with Banjo.




I have not learned to master my time, the time for hair, make-up and dressing. Here is what happens immediately when I get up from doing my make-up...this little one crawls right up on the chair, and copies me. She copies so many of my moves that it surprises me. I was not aware that she was studying my moves. I watch her as her actions lead her from one area of make-up to the next. How precious!

Her younger sister copies both of us, in her own unique way. I realize that she has not gotten a real grasp on the make-up sponge thing, as I watch her rub it over her head. But she is watching her older sister intently. Yes, I am holding her as she is sitting on the bathroom counter, just in case her mother is reading this blog.




The eye shadow comes next...now, where does that go? The little wand goes up and down her cheeks and nose. I wish I could have captured the lines she had up and down her face. She was concentrating and totally immersed in what she was attempting to do.

How do I get this lid off of the bottle? She knows it has to come off, but how???

Just need to finalize the make-up application, and then it is off to play. Am I advocating make-up for the young? Absolutely not. Am I reminding myself and perhaps you, of the way they copy us, the way they pick up so quickly the routines we practice each day, and the words we use around them? Absolutely!

I am thoroughly enjoying this Saturday afternoon (distractions and all), and I do hope you are, too!