Mani-Pedi

So, Thing 1 has been biting her fingernails, a habit that no one else in our family has. So I got the idea to promise her a manicure (and pedicure, because they're fun and relaxing) if she'd let them grow longer. It TOTALLY worked!

Mark took her to the store where whe picked out 2 colors for her nails--1 for her fingernails and 1 for her toenails. She stopped biting them and let them grow longer. And we went all out with the spa experience in our living room for both Thing 1 and Thing 2 . . .

Notice the tray of goodies -- cookies, cookie dough, lemonade, and root beer, per their request! A real treat since we don't usually do food in the living room.

The fun stuff for pampering their feet

We turned up relaxing music from our clinic and I really enjoyed doing this for the kids. I don't know what it is, but I thought it was relaxing, bonding, and fun.

Thing 2 was mostly excited about root beer but enjoyed the experience very much

Thing 1's cute piggies

Thing 1's cute fingernails

Thing 2's clean feet and nicely manicured toes

And this may seem scripted, but only because Thing 2 really said a bunch of cute stuff and we weren't filming when he said it, so we turned on the camera to see if we could get it on tape and we got most of it:



Some quotes of his from this suprisingly enjoyable spa experience show how he alternated between relaxed kid and wild boy energy:

"This is the best time of my life!"

*BURP!* "Oh, that was a Shrek burp!"

"This is so relaxing."

"I think I got Root Beer in my nose!"

"I like my feet shiny."

The next night, I heard them TOTALLY messing around and laughing in their room. It was getting late and so I went up to tell them to settle down and get to sleep. However, when I heard what they were doing, I grabbed the camera instead. I snuck upstairs and filmed for as long as I could without getting caught. I got SUCH a hilarious video of Thing 2 impersonating all 4 of the American Idol judges. His Randy impression was my favorite (Yo, yo, yo! Dude. Dawg!) The video is hysterical and often shakes from me laughing really hard while trying not to let them hear me. SO, so funny.

BUT.

Thing 2 caught me and his first words were, "What the . . . ????" followed by "Noooooooooo! Mommy, PLEASE don't put that on your blog. PLEASE don't put that on your blog!!" I'm not sure if it's because he was in his underwear or because he was doing Paula Abdul impersonations, but either way after his sincere pleadings, I'm not posting it. But MAN are you missing out. It is SO SO funny.