We've been having hot, sunny weather here, but I occasionally forget to slather the kids in sunscreen before they go to school in the morning. One particularly hot day last week, I noticed Neva's cheeks looked rather red.
"Oh, Neva," I said, "You've got a sunburn on your face."
She just shrugged, in that 7-year-old way, and said nothing.
Before supper she asked if she could go outside to play.
"Okay, but keep out of the sun," I warned.
She reluctantly admitted she wasn't actually sunburned. "I accidentally got some lipstick on my face and that's why it's so red."
Upon later inspection of her bedroom, I discovered several mangled tubes of lipstick on her dresser.
Ah, yet another milestone.
Happy sweeping!
Kathleen Gunther
Editor, ContestHound.com
