A couple of weeks ago, we went to the country fair in Karen’s hometown. The fair included a booth with a professional face painter, so Luke and Charlotte both got their faces painted. Charlotte got a princess face and Luke got a shark that was applied in such a way that Luke and the shark shared a mouth – if Luke opened his mouth, the shark opened his mouth, as well. Pretty cool stuff.
Those who frequent face painting know that there can be a wide discrepancy between the talent and competency level of face painters. Sometimes, it’s just a volunteer with little to no face painting experience. And sometimes, it’s a professional – true artists treating a child’s face as a canvas on which to display their art.
Charlotte and Luke have been a little spoiled in this regard. Their faces have been transformed into tigers, monsters, princesses, and sharks by professional face painters at book store events, community concerts, and country fairs.
So over the weekend, when Luke got his face painted by a volunteer, he did little to hide his disappointment. We were back at our college alma mater for homecoming, and the volunteer expected to draw the school’s initials or a football, so she was a little thrown off when Luke requested a shark. She did her best, but it was not up to Luke’s expectations based on his previous shark.
She finished the ‘shark’ and innocently inquired, “How does it look?”
It was a somewhat rhetorical question to which Luke immediately replied, “Not good.”
After we left, Luke explained, “I asked her to draw a shark and she could only draw a big fish.”
I hope you enjoyed today’s serving of ‘mac & cheese.’
Dad's 'Mac & Cheese' 