Haircuts

Every summer I get in the mood to cut the girls' hair. Calista was very willing, but I had to pratically beg Jacque to let me cut her hair. It is just so much easier to fix short hair than long hair, and it is a lot cooler in the summer too.

I had actually tried to layer Jacque's hair, but it didn't look too good, so then I evened up all the edges. I think it turned out pretty good.

I love cutting Calista's hair because it is curly and hides all of my mistakes. This is her hair just out of the shower! Talk about easy!!

Ellen wanted her picture taken too. Some day I will get to cut her hair too! When it comes time to fix the girls hair, I have them stand on the toilet so they are at a more comfortable position for my arms. Ellen is always around, waiting for her turn. If I try to leave the bathroom before she gets a turn, she throws a fit. So I humor her by putting her on the toilet, and rubbing her head with both hands. Sometimes I even get a brush and act like I'm brushing her hair. When I'm done I tell her how beautiful she is, and she smiles and happily gets off of the toilet.

I just thought this was a cute picture.

Easter Dresses

These are the outfits that I made my girls for Easter. They wore them on Easter and it wasn't until they were all changed after Church, that I thought about pictures. I tried to get them dressed up during the week, but they just didn't look the same. So we tried it again yesterday, but we ran out of time in the morning. Again it had to wait until after Church. That is why Calista's hair looks so beautiful. I also made Samuel a vest, but we couldn't find it yesterday morning. I'll do a separate blog for him next Sunday.

Jacque

Calista

Ellen wasn't about to let me take the bottle away for a picture, so you get to see her dress but not her face.

Ellen, Calista, Jacque

It's fun learning to talk

Have you ever heard of a snorm? I hadn't until the other day when Calista told me that a "snorm" was coming. I looked out the window, and sure enough a "storm" was coming. I guess that is one way to describe thunder.



The other day I was trying to think of something to make for dinner. I don't know about you, but for me the toughest part of cooking is coming up with the idea. Since it is Samuel's week to help cook dinner, I asked him what he wanted. His reply, "Chickaladas!" He actually meant chicken enchiladas, but in light of efficiency, I might start calling them chickaladas!

Mothers Day Idea

If you are wanting a fun Mothers Day Kit idea, check out my link to the left called Sofia's Primary Ideas. She has a really cute kit for mothers or special ladies. It's not the latest post, but scroll down and you'll find it. I'm going to use it for sharing time next week. For those with Primary callings, Sofia has all sorts of ideas for sharing times or how to teach the monthly song. I love her blog!

I also looked on the Internet and found a cute idea along with other Mother's Day craft ideas for kids at this site http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/mothersday.html

“Whisking You a Happy Mother’s Day” Craft
What you will need: One wire whisk for each child (two for a dollar at the Dollar Store), Hershey Hugs and Kisses candy, ribbon, hole punch, and card stock.

What to do: Have the children fill the center of the whisk with Hershey's (move the wires and pop them inside). Make a card that says, "Whisking you a Happy Mother's Day that's filled with Hugs and Kisses. Love, (child's name). Tie the card on with ribbon. This ideas was sent in by Nance in Reno

Jacque is 5!

Jacque asked me the night before her birthday if we were going to wake her up singing Happy Birthday. I'm glad she asked because I had forgotten. We had done it to both Samuel and Calista, but that was months ago. So Aaron and I woke Samuel up and then we all walked into her room, singing. She pretended she was asleep during the first two rounds, but she finally sat up during the 3rd round.

After we dropped Samuel off at school, I took the girls to the store and we went birthday shopping for Jacque. I couldn't find a babysitter, so I got to take Jacque too. She told me all that she wanted was a baby doll and an umbrella, so she stayed in the cart on the next aisle over, so she didn't really see what we got. After we bought them, I told her that she wouldn't be have them until Grandma and Grandpa came around 5pm. She was disappointed, but when we got home, we saw a bunch of balloons and a sack wit tied to the doorknob. There wasn't a note, but I think it was from her Primary teacher.

Presents found on the doorknob

baby dollI love this face. I think she was excited!

Jacque getting her birthday spankings from Grandpa Baxter.
Everyone thought it looked like so much fun, that they all wanted a turn, even Ellen. I tried to get a picture of Samuel but it took my camera too long to adjust.

Thanks for coming Grandma and Grandpa. We love to see you.

I think she had a great day though. It's always fun to feel special at least one day out of the year.

Calista's Future

I got a glimpse of Calista's future today. She was having such a fun time playing in the dirt, I had to take her picture. She reminds me of a little pioneer girl, an Okie from the dust bowl era, or one of the children off of those commercials that say if you will only pay $o.05 a day then you could feed a child like her.

Sleep Over

Every now and then, we will let the kids stay up on a Friday night and watch a movie in the living room. This is actually a picture from a few months ago. We grabbed Samuel's double sized mattress and put it on the floor in the living room, made a bed out of it, and then turned out the lights and watched a movie. They happened to choose "Music Man" that night. It was a lot of fun. Ellen really enjoyed climbing all over everyone. I think we had to finally put her to bed in the bedroom so everyone else could settle down. And by the end of the movie, everyone was asleep. Jacque was the very last to fall asleep and it was within the last few minutes. The kids enjoyed sleeping in the living room, and it was nice not having to fight them to go to sleep. I must admit that Aaron and I went to sleep in our own bed that night.