{"id":4067,"date":"2015-04-01T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2015-03-31T21:41:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T01:41:41","slug":"pink-splarkies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/pink-splarkies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink “Splarkies”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m on my way to Florida for a work retreat (it’s a hard knock life for me), and my biggest #FirstWorldProblem is that it had been weeks (weeks!) since I got a pedicure. Sandals weather with faded, chipped toes? Oh, the horror\u00a0(horror!)\u00a0of it all.<\/p>\n

(I can be kindof an asshole sometimes, but that last paragraph is most definitely sarcasm).<\/p>\n

(Just in case you couldn’t tell).<\/p>\n

I picked Lilian up from daycare yesterday, and we were waiting for Kristian to come meet us for dinner. It was going to be a pretty major wait, so I was trying to figure out how to kill some time. We were right in front of a nail salon, so I put two and two together and decided it was time for Lilian’s first pedicure.<\/p>\n

As you can see, she was a pretty big fan of this idea.<\/p>\n

\"Happy<\/a><\/p>\n

Or perhaps she was just a fan of the Annie’s bunnies that were left over from her snack? Either way, she was in a fantastic mood.<\/p>\n

The plan was for me to get my toes done, and then she would get hers painted. She sat very patiently while the tech basically took a cheese grater to my feet (it had only been a few weeks, I swear! I didn’t think they were that bad, this lady was just crazy thorough). \u00a0She found the entire\u00a0process fascinating, and asked a ton of questions. She was just starting to get all antsy when Kristian showed up to distract her.<\/p>\n

(Which meant that I got to close my eyes and enjoy the foot massage).<\/p>\n

(Because, let’s be honest here, the foot massage is like 85% of my reason for getting pedicures in the first place).<\/p>\n

(LJ suggested that he get “pink splarkies” as well, but he demurred).<\/p>\n

She spent an awfully long time studying the color selection, before finally going with the bold choice of… hot pink. I was actually kinda surprised that she didn’t go for one of the “splarkies.” She very excitedly sat in the chair when it was her turn.<\/p>\n

As you can see by the patented Sanchez-50-Yard-Stare, she wasn’t 100% sold on having someone else touch her toes. But, once she had\u00a0the hot pink going on, she was pretty excited.<\/p>\n

\"Hmmmm\"<\/a><\/p>\n

(She got more excited later, I swear).<\/p>\n

(And, yes, that is the My Little Pony skirt that I made for her).<\/p>\n

The nail tech\u00a0was a really good sport about it, so I made sure to tip her really well. I think the women in the salon all\u00a0got a kick out of the whole thing, but, still<\/em>. She very patiently painted the toes of a squirmy two-year-old.\u00a0That is some serious sport.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if there are any more pedicure dates in our near future, but it’s nice to know we can\u00a0start doing stuff like this together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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