Tomorrow!!!!

Big finish at the end...

Rite of Passage

Every little girl does this at least once- right??? Right??!!!?

Usually when Katie disappears, she's in my bathroom applying dark lipstick all over the lower region of her face. TODAY, she found hair cutting scissors. Her long blonde hair is cut clear to her scalp in several places on one side of her head.

SO, I made an appointment all quick like with a hairdresser, and this is what we came up with:

Katie's natural part is on the OTHER side, but for now we'll part it to cover up the shearing. (which is on her right side.)

Below you can see that the hair that is LEFT doesn't do the greatest job of covering the holes, but at least it's a good story to tell!

Her Grandma was inspired to throw 3 new packages of barettes in a recent care package- I think it will help to cover some holes and add some style to the new 'do!
P.S., yes, you do see the remnants of a black eye from a week ago and yes, it was Sam. That is an entirely different story.

My quarterly update (apparently)

Successful Halloween! We didn't even freeze to death this year! Sam is Link from the Legend of Zelda (he has rockin' boots on that you can't see, and a sword. But the most important thing is that he is GREEN.) Katie was afraid of her witch costume at 1st, but warmed up to it just in time!

Katie is THREE today. She has been WAY into dress up lately, as you can see from her fairy/cheerleader/princess get-up above.

She loved her presents tonight!

This baby appears to have wicked evil eyes- it looks much more innocent and non-possessed in person- thanks Grandma Sharon and Grandpa David!

Oooooo a Cinderella Barbie- thanks Grandma Laine and Grandpa Kell!

Grandma Dorothy doesn't know it yet, but this "Little Mermaid" dress up is what she helped contribute to! A big hit. Thanks Grandma Dorothy!

"Take this lame candle so I can eat my CAKE!"

Tumbling and Haircuts!

Katie had a tumbling class, met once a week for a month in June and July. She was super shy, but loved the BAR and her teacher was amazed at her muscles!

I cut Katie's hair a couple weeks ago- it looks super cute when we round brush it!

Sam got his 1st ever real haircut from a barbershop a few days ago- he looks so handsome. Here he is with Katie at the Jackson fair on Thursday.

Cheesin' it while we wait for the bus to go home from the fun fabulous fair!

STUFF- inspired by all the junk in my house I need to stop collecting

Got a few minutes? Watch this.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
It’s an insightful presentation about how and why “stuff” is made and sold to us over and over again and why we think we need so much of it.

Swimming Lessons for Sam!

Sam is a Guppie! He has swimming lessons at the rec center every Tues. and Thurs. for half an hour all summer. I was nervous he would not want to listen to his teacher, but he is doing SO GREAT. He does everything she asks him to, and laughs and squeals the whole time!

These are 3 of the 4 kids in his class: Sam, Vega and Sebastian.

The kids have been on the deck alot lately, sometimes being secretly naughty! But I thought this was funny- Sam decided to play "tic tac toe" on his belly (like Elliot the dragon from "Pete's Dragon") Luckily they used washable markers!

Sam's birthday and preschool program

SaM's BiRtHdAy

Sam's birthday was on a Monday this year, so he took cupcakes to his preschool class which he thought was fun! Then his friend Landon came over to play while we waited for Daddy to get off work. We went to McDonalds for dinner and then went swimming at the rec center! Everyone at the rec center was very surprised to see Clark Kent turn into Superman right before their eyes! People were screaming wildly.

Birthday boy is FIVE.
Sam decided that 5 years old was big enough to go down the water slide all by himself! Daddy waited at the bottom to catch him.
Cold K-K-K-Katie

THEN, we got back to our apartment and finished off the cupcakes!

Finally came the presents! Sam got packages in the mail from both sets of grandparents and he was so excited to see what they sent him!

Here's Sam above opening a Bumblebee Transformer from Grandma Laine and Grandpa Kell, and below opening a Cars paint set from Grandma Sharon and Grandpa David.

It was a fun birthday!


SAM'S PRESCHOOL PROGRAM

6-12-09

There were 7 kids in Sam's class. Their last day was June 12th and the parents came for a program that the kids had been practicing for months. Sam got some stage fright and didn't sing or speak a word, but we were just proud that he stayed up there even though he was scared!

I keep trying to upload videos from his program- not working. :(