A Jen Too Many

Every school morning we have scripture study / reading time before Oldest Girl Child goes to school. We would, and should, do this on non-school days, but it's easier to wrangle family members on a school morning, and I tend to forget about it on non-school mornings.

Yesterday morning, the Love of My Life was able to join us.* Youngest Girl Child was unrousable** so OGC sat between her parents as the three of us took turns reading a verse at a time.

She was acting strangely, though, sitting with her scriptures balanced on her lap, her hands firmly tucked into her pants pockets. She refused to hold her book, or follow the line with her finger as she usually does.

Then she had to pull a hand out to turn the page. I saw a quick glimpse of blue-green fingernails before she could tuck her hand back into her pocket. Mystery solved! I glanced over at her father and got a nod in return. He'd seen the fingernails. Then we had to look away from each other to keep from laughing.

Usually my children use crayon to color their fingernails; this time it was permanent marker, so she went off to school with her oh-so-lovely nails intact. Also her blue-green cuticles. And a goodly portion of the skin around her nails.

At least she didn't try to cut her hair.
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*Always a delight when that happens. A crazy work schedule means he usually is either on the road or sleeping during this time.

** Which is going to make kindergarten an exciting time for her and me.