Protecting MacBook Keyboard and Screen

Can anyone recommend a decent screen and keyboard protector? I have a toddler that it is difficult to keep her away from the laptop. Closing the lid is not always convenient.
Just something that would protect the keyboard from accidental water spills (but thin enough to type on) and something for the screen that is almost crystal clear while protecting from fingers prints/crayon marks. BTW - The screen is the anti-glare version.
Thanks.

Previous poster had it right. You really need to find a way to keep the laptop away from the toddler, rather than trying to use minimal protection on it (which keyboard protectors are, at best).
I have two cats at home which have the potential to be destructive. Fortunately they are older and less active now, but for those times when I am home but not near the computer, I bought a laptop stand which is difficult for them to tip over, and is rollable so I can roll it away from other objects which make it easy for them to jump or climb from. I do close the lid on the laptop so that if they do manage to find a way onto the stand, they can't tip the laptop off the stand by knocking into the screen or damage the screen or keyboard with their claws. And I have a strict, strict, strict policy of no liquids within 10 feet of the computer (this by experience, I have dumped an entire mug of coffee on a $70 wireless keyboard.... expensive lesson but not nearly so as if it had been my $2600 MBP... hint taken)
If you can't do something similar to this, simply find a room to use your laptop in where you can securely shut the door when you leave.
I use a Moshi keyboard protector which is good enough to keep away the random water drop or two (and I mean drop, not a whole glass of water). There isn't a keyboard protector that will prevent a large scale spill and at the cost of repairing liquid damage to your MBP, the best protection is prevention.

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 30019 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          2
Anonymous UUID:                    XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Fri Aug 9 15:49:45 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff8024ab8655): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8024df1691, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffff802c04d000, CR3: 0x0000000140376016, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0
RAX: 0xffffff8032303170, RBX: 0x0000000000000001, RCX: 0xffffff802505cba0, RDX: 0xffffff803f7a2d48
RSP: 0xffffff802c1abb10, RBP: 0xffffff802c1abb30, RSI: 0x0000000000020002, RDI: 0x0006e2435204819f
R8: 0x000000000000274e, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000000000001, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0x0000000000000010, R13: 0xffffff80250e1b20, R14: 0xffffff80250e1b20, R15: 0xffffff8032d65700
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff8024df1691, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff802c04d000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1
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0xffffff802c1ab7b0 : 0xffffff8024a1d626
0xffffff802c1ab820 : 0xffffff8024ab8655
0xffffff802c1ab9f0 : 0xffffff8024ace17d
0xffffff802c1aba10 : 0xffffff8024df1691
0xffffff802c1abb30 : 0xffffff8024df14fe
0xffffff802c1abb50 : 0xffffff8024dee8d3
0xffffff802c1abb80 : 0xffffff8024dee74e
0xffffff802c1abba0 : 0xffffff8024df17aa
0xffffff802c1abbe0 : 0xffffff8024e284ae
0xffffff802c1abc20 : 0xffffff8024e286ad
0xffffff802c1abc50 : 0xffffff7fa58e7b14
0xffffff802c1abc80 : 0xffffff7fa58e7d94
0xffffff802c1abcb0 : 0xffffff7fa58d9b5a
0xffffff802c1abda0 : 0xffffff8024e4907a
0xffffff802c1abe00 : 0xffffff8024e64f00
0xffffff802c1abe50 : 0xffffff8024a95c4c
0xffffff802c1abe80 : 0xffffff8024a20b3d
0xffffff802c1abeb0 : 0xffffff8024a10448
0xffffff802c1abf00 : 0xffffff8024a1961b
0xffffff802c1abf70 : 0xffffff8024aa6536
0xffffff802c1abfb0 : 0xffffff8024ace9e3
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         com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily(4.1.4f2)[DDCDB040-B00B-3133-A379-7D8B0DAFA4E8 ]@0xffffff7fa58d4000->0xffffff7fa5977fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.6.0)[065077C5-A49E-3C52-BDC0-60169E293563]@0xffff ff7fa4f97000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: blued
Mac OS version:
12E55
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May 1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36
Kernel slide:     0x0000000024800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8024a00000
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System uptime in nanoseconds: 30558503659031
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