Face Painting Gone Wrong
April 17, 2010
We were at a neighborhood block party today when this happened.
I am not really sure what Miles wanted to be painted as, but if Smurfette and the Joker had a baby together, I am pretty sure this is what it would look like:
Posted by Chris @ 9:00 pm
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I love it! The Smoker! Oh, wait…no. Maybe… The Smurker!
April 17th, 2010 at 9:16 pmBlue Man Group for sure!
April 17th, 2010 at 9:37 pmOh my gosh! I really did laugh out loud as soon as I saw this picture. It’s so dang funny and all kinds of wrong! :o)
April 17th, 2010 at 9:47 pmFrom Avatar?
April 17th, 2010 at 9:53 pmEeek.
April 17th, 2010 at 10:13 pmOh. Wow. That’s frightening!
April 17th, 2010 at 10:27 pmOh dear… LOL! My daughter did something similar at a party, but it was red. Must admit it was hard to wash off!
April 17th, 2010 at 11:06 pmMaybe a blue M&M?
April 17th, 2010 at 11:57 pmI vote for The Smuker. Crack me up!
April 18th, 2010 at 1:09 amWell, at least he matches his t shirt, tasteful and understated really when you think about it!
April 18th, 2010 at 5:37 amYikes! I am still laughing!… smurfette and the joker? That is EXACTLY what it looks like a combo of. Thanks for the way you put things-I will be smiling all day thinking of this one! =)
April 18th, 2010 at 9:01 amit’s very disturbing
April 18th, 2010 at 9:05 amI agree with Anna. Looks like Avatar.
April 18th, 2010 at 11:16 amLove the HAND in chop motion — such a doll, blue or not
April 18th, 2010 at 12:44 pmI have a question completely unrelated to this post….it’s been a question I have had for awhile!
I understand the anonimity of your older kids…..but you post Miles name on here but not your daughters….do you not post the names of your children that are in school????
Completely fine just wondering….
and….do the other six children have somewhat typical names or did you and your husband go original???
Chris says: I never really intended to put Miles’ name out here either, but then I blogged through my entire pregnancy with him and when I gave birth to him I felt like I had to share his name. I had thought I would eventually stop using his name, but the Internet? it remembers everything.
April 18th, 2010 at 2:45 pmThat’s just scary! Love it.
April 18th, 2010 at 3:07 pmOhmahell…that is sooo funny. Yet, still manages to look adorable?
April 18th, 2010 at 3:43 pmOMG I agree offsping of the joker and Smurfette for sure
i am going to be smiling every time i think of this photo
thanks for brighting my day
April 18th, 2010 at 5:31 pmBest face painting ever! So priceless. Were you there when it happened?
April 18th, 2010 at 6:01 pmWhat about your children’s names being “outed” by acquaintances who read your blog?
Chris says: Hasn’t happened yet and not sure how or why it would.
April 18th, 2010 at 8:53 pmI laughed out loud at that pic! Perfect description!
April 18th, 2010 at 9:00 pmReally scarey! I bet Miles loved it!
April 18th, 2010 at 9:47 pmThis is a total cake wreck, er, um, I mean a total face painting wreck.
April 18th, 2010 at 10:18 pmOh dear!!!
April 18th, 2010 at 10:39 pmDoes that stuff come off easily?
Chris says: It washed off easily, yes.
April 18th, 2010 at 10:52 pmSo cute. Thank goodness he’s not in school, that would be a pain to clean off. Plus, why would you want to?
I never realized that you haven’t shared the names of any of your other kids. Your stories about them are enough for me I guess. I don’t think I could keep them straight anyway considering I forget my own kids’ names half the time.
April 19th, 2010 at 1:19 amI could not stop laughing. Funny face for sure!
April 19th, 2010 at 2:42 amI watch too many horror movies . . I can just see that little blue face quickly scuttling by in one’s peripheral vision now, with that quick shuffling sound the movies use. Shudder!
April 19th, 2010 at 6:36 amhahaha! I may have nightmares…
April 19th, 2010 at 8:42 amSomeone should make a scary movie with a bunch of little kids all painted up just like that. They could be some kind of tribe of children who terrorized a town or something.
But Miles is SOOO cute, even with the freaky makeup.
April 19th, 2010 at 9:30 amWish I could send you the picture of my kids in an eerily similar state. Daughter wanted to be a tree frog & I did my best (which is not my forte), then son asked said daughter “do his makeup”. Results were simultaneously terrifying and hilarious.
April 19th, 2010 at 11:02 amLOL maybe it was the Avatar look they were after. That is so funny. Oops just read up above and it looks like that was already said. Oh well, I’ll stick with that comment since it was my first thought.
April 19th, 2010 at 11:26 am“outed” by blogging friends? what is this world when people think *friends* would do such things (as give out a friend’s children’s names to the www - whole wide world)…and to what end?
April 19th, 2010 at 11:39 amThis made me laugh so hard. Why so Serious?
April 19th, 2010 at 1:25 pmIn Lisa’s defence I’m sure she meant accidentally “outed”. If you were close with the family and you knew the child’s name you might accidentally write “oh, [child's name] looked so cute in that pic”.
Love this picture — I had to scroll down to the pic and I was thinking “it can’t be that bad” and then got to the picture and burst out laughing. It’s so true!!
April 19th, 2010 at 3:06 pmWhatever he is, it was good for a great big laugh - and boy did I need it today.
April 19th, 2010 at 4:49 pmlol - hard!
April 19th, 2010 at 10:56 pmHow are you so certain none of your neighbors know about your blog site? I would be horrified if my neighbors or my kid’s friends knew about my blog site that depicts years of their lives played out on the internet.
Chris says: I am certain that many of them do read my blog. The teachers at my children’s school as well as the principal read.
And I can tell from your IP address that YOU ARE PROBABLY ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS.
I have nothing to be horrified about and neither do my children. Their lives have not been “played out” on the internet. This is only a very small slice of our life.
I am proud of the things I have written here. I am happy that I have shared my life in this space for the past 6 years. I have written nothing that I am ashamed of and have always treated my children’s privacy with the utmost respect.
I don’t write anything here that I would not say in real life. Unlike people who email or leave comments using generic email accounts.
April 20th, 2010 at 10:33 amthat’s kinda interesting to think the kids would be horrified.
April 20th, 2010 at 11:02 amI have my own blog and use it as a sort of baby book for my kids. I think it will be a neat experience for them to look back on their life as a child when they get older. I only wish I had started earlier.
I love how a hilarious smurfish/jokerish/avatarish picture has turned into OH MY GOD RUN FOR YOUR LIFE YOU ARE RUINING YOUR CHILDREN!!!!!!!
April 20th, 2010 at 11:03 amIs Lisa for real?
First of all I imagine many people who read this blog do know you’re children’s names, and yet? There’s a level of respect and understanding that goes into a friendship. You don’t want it shared, fine! I know the names of children from another blog, and referenced that when they were learning to write their names, but never once did I consider using them - I used their nicknames.
Secondly, horrified? For sharing little moments like bad face painting and baseball games? Wow. I have no words.
April 20th, 2010 at 11:04 amI appreciate you sharing all of this. I have 5 children and a job that the local PTO doesn’t approve of ;). It’s nice to read stories that are similar to ones own life - for the giggles and the reinforcement that I’m not alone.
I enjoy your writing. You have all the right in the world to be proud! Capturing the insanity of big families and life isn’t for the faint of heart.
I don’t know why some people need to try to force others to live to their standards….pffft.
Have a good day.
April 20th, 2010 at 11:14 amUh, Lisa?
Start your own blog….just a thought.
April 20th, 2010 at 11:18 amI have been reading this blog since the very beginning and have never seen you post anything to be horrified about! Your neighbor is probably jealous of you, your cute kids, cute husband, skilled photography, great writing skills, etc.
April 20th, 2010 at 11:57 amThat’s actually kind of funny because your neighbors are probably the ones who see you and know a little of your life already. Why is it so horrifying to have a friend or kid’s friend reading about the little things you and kids talk about anyway? It’s not like you’re writing about how you run an illicit sweatshop or meth lab with your seven kids. Seriously, if I was as organized, as good as a photog, and as cute & tiny as you I would write about it too just to show off! And I would want my neighbors to know! Silly Silly People…
April 20th, 2010 at 12:41 pmBTW, not a neighbor technically, just from a neighboring state!
Which is why I would assume Lisa does not “play out their lives on the internet”. And a real friend would respect your family and not mention your children’s names on their blog or in a comment posted to yours (which you would edit out anyway). Thank you for sharing that part of your life that you do. I never kept a journal/diary and after baby one, did not really keep up the baby book that posted those “firsts” to be remembered and shared with future boy/girlfriends and subsequent spouses (my oldest just got married this March). As I have followed your post for a couple years now, I envy that your children can look back one day at this chronology of their childhood with what will be fond memories. Has it motivated me to do the same for my family, uh, no. And neither do I have pictures of all the important moments in their lives. Many of them are, as I say to my kids when we realize we left the camera at home, just pictures in our minds.
April 20th, 2010 at 1:28 pmWhich is why Lisa does not “play out their (her kids) lives on the internet”. A real neighbor or friend would post your child’s name to their blog or in a comment to yours. Thank you for sharing that part of your life that you do. I have never kept a diary/journal, nor a complete baby book of “firsts” after the oldest, so I envy that your kids may look back on this chronology of their childhood w/ (hopefully) fond memories. Has that motivated me to start one, uh, no.
April 20th, 2010 at 1:35 pmI am sorry, ment to say would not post your children’s names on the web. ugh.
April 20th, 2010 at 1:36 pmWow. Creepy neighbors. The comments, I mean.
April 20th, 2010 at 1:57 pmThere is a certain respect we pay in the blogging community. Some people don’t use names at all, some use pseudonyms, some don’t share photographs, while others put it all out there. I actually think there was a video once, a LONG time ago where Miles referred to your daughter by name. (Of course, I could be totally wrong and he said something else altogether.) The point is, I wouldn’t start using her name because it’s clear Chris doesn’t use it on the site. Same thing if I knew her in person.
April 20th, 2010 at 2:00 pmThat is seriously horror movie material.
And since we’re on the subject, I have been a reader for a long time and you have done an admirable job of respecting the privacy of your children. They have all of these posts to look back on someday and that itself is a gift.
April 20th, 2010 at 3:25 pmI just want to say - Thank you for your posts… they remind me of all the wonderful and wonky memories of my boys younger years. Love the photos too! This one for example had me laughing on and off all day - everytime I would think of it actually
April 20th, 2010 at 3:38 pmThatnk you for posting this. I laughed out loud.
April 20th, 2010 at 10:11 pmAh, yes, because the Internet is a large scale Truman Show conspiracy, savagely ripping away childhoods, and your ‘blog site’ is the main perpetrator. Sigh.
I’m going to join the newly formed chorus and thank you for writing. Truly. This was the first blog that I started reading regularly and I can honestly say that hearing about a little boy who insisted on being called Baseball Guy or the house renovation that refused to ever finish or post root canal drool at a gas station really did add a little something to my days. And now with painted faces and cinnamon roasted cashews (or crack, as it is called in some circles), it still does. Horrifying, indeed.
April 21st, 2010 at 12:46 amGotta love little boys. Glad it washed out easily.
As for Lisa’s comment… I hope the crazy neighbor woman isn’t using your blog as another means to harass your family.
April 21st, 2010 at 1:54 pmI have been a long-time reader and am just now de-lurking to say I love your blog, and you do a fantastic job protecting the privacy of your kids. Your posts are funny, real, and an inspiration to keep on putting one foot in front of the other in the often challenging world of parenting!
My son used army camo grease paint once on his face. That stuff does not come off easily!!
April 23rd, 2010 at 6:50 am