The clown who painted Edie’s face said she would make her look like a “butterfly princess”…I know, again with the princess thing. But I was actually pretty impressed with the level of face painting talent that was exhibited. These butterflies are a far cry from the crooked sunshine we used to get painted on our cheeks during the May Day celebration at school.
Edie has never had her face painted before, and therefore it was a BIG deal to her. I took her to Wal-Mart afterwards, and as we were walking in she said, “I think everyone is going to like looking at my face.” She was right. She did turn a lot of heads.
She came in contact with a face painting clown while I ran a 5K race this weekend. I was training for the 8K, but after having fever for several days before the race, I chickened out and signed up for the lesser one instead. In all honesty, if it wasn’t for my friend, Joy, who was running with me, I probably would have slept in altogether. I guess that’s why it is good to do these things with a partner.
And I use the term “running with me” loosely. It was more like blasting past me. Of course, she has run several half-marathons and is in way better shape than I am. Even though my mom keeps pointing out that Joy has much longer legs…yea Mom, that’s why she finished the race in 26 minutes and I followed behind six minutes later…because of her long legs. Anyway, I did finish, and considering the month I had and how much of that time I’d spent lying in bed and wishing I was dead, I was pleased.
Here’s another picture of the butterfly princess:
I should note that I didn’t post any race pictures this time because they came out blurry. I like to think it’s because I was running so fast the camera couldn’t keep up. But in all honesty, it probably has more to do with the fact that we had just bought the camera that week, and there is still a learning curve on how to operate it. Sorry, Joy!
