An Evening Of Beauty

I got invited to have an evening of beauty tonight -- well actually, it was a few moments of beauty, but it was still a treat of sorts.

I went upstairs before starting dinner to check on Ashley. She invited me to sit on her bed, telling me "I'll make you beautiful, Mommy."

I pushed aside my mental to-do list and sat down -- after all, it's pretty hard to resist the promise that someone will make you beautiful after a long day at work.

So we sat on her bed and she brushed my hair, telling me "I'm going to be careful like you are with me Mommy. I'll try not to pull." And then she arranged my hair into a variety of -- shall we say eclectic -- hair styles.

While I'm still a fan of the spa and hair salon, I think I would have to say that a 5-year-old's pampering can be pretty good, too.

This post is linked to Tuesdays Unwrapped, a weekly blogging event

hosted by Emily at Chatting at the Sky. Tuesdays Unwrapped is about

slowing down to enjoy and celebrate the small moments in our lives.