Girl Hair 101

I have been so excited to see Kate's hair grow longer over these last few months, and at the same time kind of freaked out because I don't know how to do little girl hair! I can barely do my own hair for goodness sake! So we have been experimenting a little bit.....

This is the standard fallback hairstyle we resort to most of the time. I just stick a barrette in to get the hair out of her eyes. It looks cute and Kate doesn't fight me on it which is a plus.

Lately I have been doing a lot of the one little pony tail on top. I have usually about 15 seconds before Kate starts squirming and/or running away, so it gives me very little time to practice or get the part straight. And then she inevitably pulls the elastic out and her hair sticks out every which way and looks crazy.

We just barely pulled off pigtails for the first time the other day.....I love them!

Any advice for me? How do I get her to sit still, how do I get those elastics to stay put in her hair? Help me!

Hooray for the MBA!

I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME. Ok, I did know it would come, it just seemed so far away, like this unattainable goal off in the distance. Keith is done with school!!! It has been almost 3 years of night classes two nights a week. This means that Keith would usually put in a 15 hour day on those days (going to work at 6am, home from class by 9pm.) And then whenever he was home, there was the constant pressure of homework that needed to be done, papers that needed to be written, tests to study for, etc. At first I really enjoyed Keith being in school, it was kind of like me being in school vicariously and re-living my MBA experience. But that got old real quick. I wish I could say I was the wife who never ever complained, but sadly that is not the case :( Oh well, the great part is that it's over and Keith has his MBA. I am so so proud of him, not just for the accomplishment but for the crazy life he's had to live to get there.

Here are a few pictures, one from Keith's first day of school, and then a few from his last. I don't know why Connor isn't in the first picture, he was a year old at the time.....maybe he was taking a nap?? Amazing to see how much things can change in three years.....Cameron is now six years old (as of today!!) That means I am REALLY old.

Where's the fun?

SUMMER IS SO BUSY. I think I went through the same thing last year......the first few weeks are just crazy busy, and then things should settle down (I hope.) The weirdest stuff has been happening this week.....on Tuesday we went to T-ball, and Cameron absolutely refused to participate. This is so bizarre because last year he LOVED T-ball, and he has been talking about it since last summer (???) So then the next morning I take the boys to swimming lessons. Connor has been talking about swimming lessons for a long time, and anxiously awaiting the day he could go. We show up and he proudly struts over to the pool, but then he freaked out or something and wouldn't get in. So I watched him for an entire half hour and he NEVER ONCE GOT IN THE POOL. I just don't get it. Here I am, trying to plan fun activities for my kids....it's not like I am taking them to the dentist...these are FUN things, right?!

Tonight is T-ball again and I have my fingers crossed that Cameron will have a change of heart. We'll see!

What the.....

Cameron had his Kindergarten program and afterwards he played out on the school playground for a little while. I was chatting with some of the parents while Keith took a few pictures. This is what I later found on our camera:

So THIS is what goes on at school when I am not around!! Who is this girl and what is she doing with my son?! And why does he seem to have such a big smile on his face?! I thought the girls-have-cooties stage would last much much longer than this. Help!

I guess I should include a few pictures of the actual program. The kids sang several songs about bugs and it was really cute. In this first picture, Cameron is on the front row in the middle.

I still want to know who that girl is.....