Sunburn

I mentioned in my post from earlier that we went to the sprinkler park today. It is always a big ordeal going anywhere with kids, and especially when you are going to go swimming (or running through the sprinklers). There are so many things to remember to bring. Towels, swim diapers, swim toys, lunch, ect. As we were waiting for my sister to come over so we could drive there I decided to put sunscreen on the kids so I wouldn't have to do it when we got there. I called the kids over one by one., and generously put it on each of them. It was very hot there, so I was really glad that I had smothered my kids in SPF 50 sunscreen and would not have to worry about them getting sunburned. When we got home we went about the day. My girls kept their swimming suits on, and as I looked at Alexis I noticed that her back looked really red. She had gotten burnt on the fourth if July, so I thought that it was left over from that. Upon further investigation, I realized it was a brand new sunburn, and a bad one. But how could this be I thought. I put tons and tons of sunscreen on them before we left. My mind then began re-playing putting it on each of the kids. I remember calling Alexis over, but not actually putting it on her! She has this new thing latley whenever I ask her to do anything she always says right away, "one minute mom". This must have been the case when I called her over, and then I must have gotten distracted and totally forgotten. I didn't put any sunscreen on her on this hot hot day! I quickly got the aloe vera and began smearing it all over her back, all the while saying, "I am the worst mom ever! I can't believe I did that". Later on I was getting after her for something she had done, which I can't remember at the moment. She interrupted me and said, "Mom...remember the sunburn?" Talk about bringing up the guilt again! I quickly said, "oh honey I am so sorry, go have some marshmallows. I have a feeling she will be using this against me for a while.