Lipstick on a Clone Trooper

Rebecca went six days in a row without a potty accident, and as a reward I gave her a purple sparkly Hello Kitty lipstick. (In the 48 hours since the lipstick reward she has had 3 accidents, two of which were, shall we say MAJOR, but that's not the point of this post...)

The point of this post is that purple sparkly Hello Kitty lipstick is NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR A THREE YEAR OLD no matter how many times she asks you for it. During an unsupervised fifteen minutes this morning, she went around the house smearing lipstick on anything with a face she could find. And hours later I am still coming across lipstick-smeared casualties: bunnies, monkeys, baby dolls, etc.

The most incongruous lipstick-recipient was Ben's clone trooper helmet, which is one of his most prized possessions and rarely leaves its perch on his dresser. Ben was not pleased, but couldn't help seeing the humor in it once he was assured that it would wipe right off.

The lipstick was confiscated shortly thereafter.