Baby Picture

Isn't she sweet? Charlotte is about 7 months old now. Her blue eyes can convey so much that she can't say in words yet. She is such a good baby, and we love her so much.

A New Hairdo

Madison, my third daughter, has amazingly curly hair. (Compliments of daddy's DNA). She, however, will not leave a clip, or an elastic, or anything in her hair. Some days I was doing her hair two or three times, and still she looked like I had not combed her hair in a week.

So, last night I decided on a whim to cut her hair. I'd tried bangs before, but her hair has so much curl that I could not get them to do what I wanted them to do. However, since she won't leave in anything to keep it out of her eyes, I didn't see that I had any other choice.

As I was cutting her hair, I learned that she does not know the meaning of, "Hold really still" or, "please don't move." Every time I had the hair just right, and was ready to make a cut, she would get a little wiggle and turn her head to one side or the other. She is a kid who needs really fast hair cuts, and I'm not a fast hair cutter. So, we ended up doing it in two sessions. One last night, and another one this morning. Here is the final (maybe) hair cut.
In this picture the bangs look very uneven. They don't look that way in real life. The bangs really are all the same length, although they turned out a bit shorter than I anticipated. It's all that curl that makes it a bit unexpected ;) The best part is that all day today I have not needed to move the hair out of her eyes so that I can see her pretty little face.

When I sent her to look in the mirror to see what she thought of her new hair cut she said, "I look like Megan." (Megan is a close friend of ours that has bangs and cute short hair). Needless to say, my daughter loves her new haircut too!

First Day of Kindergarten

Here is Savannah on her first day of Kindergarten. She had an extra week to wait, after her older sister, Brooklyn started school. It was an excruciatingly long week, especially because she had to walk to the school to drop off her sister, and then she had to walk back home without being able to go to school herself. She loves kindergarten! Every day is a new adventure for her.

Today she did an excellent job reading and writing, and so she got the honor of entering her name in a school wide drawing for kids who are working hard at school. Way to go kiddo!

Second Grade

Here is Brooklyn, my amazing oldest daughter, on her first day of Second Grade. She has changed schools because of our recent move. She is excited, and a bit nervous (as anyone would be starting something new). Luckily she was able to go to the school the day before and meet her teacher and look over her classroom, and get an idea of what to expect the next day. I'm so glad the school did that. She has been attending for several weeks now, and has made a really nice friend who also started at this school the same time she did. When she comes home, she mostly tells me about recess and the games she played. She is loving Second Grade.