Mommy's Rescue Haircut

After a couple of days to think over what we wanted to do with Rachel's hair and putting in a pony tail and messy buns I decided to see what I could do with it after her bath tonight. I just trimmed it around from the sides to the back and kind of tapered it around cutting a few inches off of the very back so it didn't look quite so severe. She's happy, Doug seems to like it and I'm sastisfied until it grows a bit and we can go have it reshaped again.

Heartbroken

Yesterday while I was on a short phone call with the neighbor Rachel decided to play "Beauty Shop" and cut her own hair. Doug later said that she came up to him while he was at the computer and said "Look Daddy, look at my hair!" but it just looked like she had just pulled her pony tail out and he didn't realize what had happened... Later as I was walking through the dining room to my desk I found piles of red hair scattered all over the floor... After calling her in and closely examining her hair I saw that it had been, well, honestly, butchered. Poor girl. I immediately burst into tears (okay, blaming the raging pregnancy hormones here) and that made her burst into tears. That was all it took - no spanking needed... I think she was as heartbroken as I was when I explained that her princess hair was gone and that now we would need to get the rest of her hair cut and shaped to try to make it blend with what she had already cut. It doesn't look like she cut that much off, but when you stretch the curls out it was actually very long and she took several inches off of the left side. She also scalped a section of her bangs and took a bit off of the right side as well. You'll notice that she does not look happy in most of the pictures above... and please note that all pairs of scissors have been removed from any art stations or desks and placed where little hands can't reach them.

Birthday Party!!

We had a couple of friends over today to help celebrate Noah's birthday along with us and his Grammy and Papa. It was fun to see them get excited about everything and see them play together. The boys ran around with lightsabers most of the time they were here, bounced in the bounce house, and checked out the video games. We had pizza, cake and ice cream and then the kids busted a pinata with their lightsabers. I think Noah really had a nice day. Thanks again to everyone who came to the party and thanks to Grammy and Papa for their visit. We really had a great time!

**Can you tell Noah is about to lose yet another tooth!?! That front one is just hanging there by a thread...

Happy 6th Birthday Noah!!!

We spent the day celebrating Noah's birthday as a family (his birthday party is tomorrow with a couple of his friends) and I think he had a nice day. We were blessed to have Grammy and Papa here with us to help celebrate. He got to open his presents (with a whole lot of help from his little sister) when Doug got home from work. He was very excited to recieve a new PSP, a few PSP games and some accesories for it. While it was charging his friend Hunter showed up and we all went outside to play some football and baseball. After dinner at Steak & Shake and some time spent playing his new games we all shared cake and ice cream together. He wanted a lightsaber cake today on his birthday and a Star Wars Clone cake for his party tomorrow. I know he is very excited for his party - Lots of photos to come... =)

Happy Birthday Noah!! We love you!!!

Tomorrow he's 6....

I cannot believe it... where has the time gone... He is getting so big and becoming such a sweet, thoughtful little guy with a very funny sense of humor... We could not love him more.... Stay tuned for pictures of his big day...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope everyone has a happy day filled with the people they love. =) We started the day by sleeping in (Yay!), the kids checking out their valentines from Doug and I, and then we all headed out for some brunch together. I included some pictures of Noah giving Doug a hug before he left for work. I love to see these two together - all of them together, but looking at these photos it makes Noah look little again. He's getting so big so quickly...

Noah had his Valentine's party yesterday at school and Rachel and I got to go have fun with everybody. Rachel adores getting to go 'party' with the big kids at school. She even had me help her fill out her own valentine cards to deliver to all the kids. It was cute to watch her hand them out everyone. Noah had a good time with his friends while the party was going on. I like to watch him interact with everyone while we're there. It's like peeking into his little world now that he is away at school everyday. Later that night the kids opened their valentine bags and checked out all the cards and candy they recieved.