Kids can be so funny sometimes, especially when it comes to stuff that seems pretty normal to us more mature people. Ha! My nine-year-old cracked me up today. She’s just not the same as girls used to be — back in the 80′s. LOL

This year I decided I’m going to get me a tan. 98% of my skin hasn’t seen the sun in 20 years, so “slow going” is the catch-phrase. I’m fair-skinned and don’t wanna burn, so I’m only laying out for 10 minutes on each side for a week or so, then I’ll move to 15-20 minutes per side.

My older daughter (she’s 22) is “sorta” dedicated to tanning with me…but today, my 9-year-old decided she wanted to get oiled up and get some sun too. Uh-huh. I told her “okay,” told her she’d just have to deal with the ants and insects that decided to share our blanket out on the sunny hill, and she was good with it — so we suited up, oiled down, and tramped out to the front yard to bake for a bit.

Three minutes in, she started complaining. Informed me that “next time” we laid out in the sun, I have to buy some sunglasses first. Little does she know I plan to go out there every day. Ha. But I have no intention of buying sunglasses — yet.

I mean, who wants to get a tan but make their face look like a raccoon due to the white circles around the eyes the sunglasses would cause? Sheesh.

So anyway, I tell her you don’t wear sunglasses when you’re laying out until AFTER you have a tan…

…and now it’s time to turn over.

Three minutes in, she’s complaining again — says her nose is going to be broke from laying face-down on the blanket. I laughed. Couldn’t help it. So I tell her she doesn’t have to put her face on the blanket. She can prop up on her arms if she wants. It’s more comfortable, anyway.

Then we get the “How many more minutes?” question. LOL. I tell her “5,” then, I said, “Next time, you aren’t coming out with us, since you don’t like laying out in the sun much (I figured since she was complaining about it and all, ya know?), but she wouldn’t hear it.

She said, “Yes I do! I just don’t like getting my nose broke and my eyeballs melted!”