Giving in to peer pressure

Maggie and Allie have two friends, Alayna and Annika, that are their same ages. The other day, Alayna and Annika got cute haircuts. Well, my girls both stated they wanted their hair cut. So, I gave in and cut it. I cut about 6 inches off both heads of hair. Chris really likes long hair, so it was a bit of a shock for him--I think he likes to be consulted in "life-changing" events for him. Cooper wanted his hair cut, but he wants to be completely bald--as in, shave it with a razor. I refuse to cut his hair off. We're still compromising as to how short to cut it. (In the picture, Allie wouldn't smile. She did the opposite--frown! She was even happy.)

FREE is good!

I have become a "KSL Classified Free" junkie. I check it all the time to see what treasures are out there for free. The other day, I got 11 Disney videos. Yesterday, I got a TV stand that holds videos for the toy room and a bookcase for the girls' room. We put a lot of their dolls on the book case and some of their books. There wasn't even a scratch on the bookcase. Today, I picked up a 1/2 bushel of roma tomatoes--a few bruises here and there--but I pureed and froze them and made fresh salsa. I love FREE!

Saturday is a special day...

If you grew up with Primary, you should know the song, "Saturday is a special day. It's the day we get ready for Sunday..." Well, last night after the kids took their baths, Maggie wanted her hair braided in small braids, so on Sunday it would be all curly and wavy. I consented and started to braid. Allie, seeing her sister get this done to her hair, also wanted her hair braided. It takes quite a while to do this and it was already 9:00 p.m. I then turned to Chris and said, "You can do Allie's hair while I do Maggie's." He looked at me as if I were crazy. "I know you can do it. It's not that hard to braid." He agreed to give it a try and it was cute to see Chris braiding Allie's hair. Cooper did not want his hair braided--good thing! We all sat on our bed watching a National Geographic show on salmon sharks. It was a fun ending to a great day--beautiful weather, playing outside, cleaning out car trunks, going to my parents' quarterly birthday party, watching made-up plays, playing basketball, walking. (The girls' hair looks very curly and pretty today!)

Leapin' Leprechauns

Today we had preschool at our house. We studied about the letter 'L'...so the obivious thing to learn about letter 'L' the day before St. Patrick's Day is Leprechauns. They had so much fun leaping around saying, "Leaping Leprechauns!" Lots of fun today.

Sallie, the eye doctor

I got new glasses as of Tuesday, complete with eye exam. That night, my right eye started hurting. It felt like there was a hair somewhere floating around. I couldn't find it upon examination and it drove me crazy. On Wednesday morning, it felt like I had a rock floating around, rubbing my eyeball. More craziness ensued, with me trying to find what was hurting my eye. I finally found the culprit--a pimple-like, white bump on the upper inside of the lid. I googled trying to find what it was and no it was not a stye. I called the optometrist that I had just seen the day before, thinking they would see me. NO! They told me to go to the ER. I said, "No! I will not pay an ER copay of $100 for a white bump." So, I got the peroxide out, a pin, and tweezers. I did the operation with no copay--I did get that little sucker out. It was a rather hard little pimple. Well, my eye hurt all night and emitted much ooze. At 4:00 a.m., I was thinking I maybe should have gone to the doctor because it was glued shut with ooze and hurt like heck. Well, at 6:00 a.m. I thought maybe it was pink eye. I told Teresa about it, but she said it probably wasn't that. It was just the eye trying to readjust to being invaded by the non-doctor. She was right. My eye is feeling much better and is not oozing anything at the moment.

To swim or not to swim...

The month of March started out so beautiful and felt a lot like spring, but Monday, March 9th, brought about 6 inches of new snow. So, with all of this snow, isn't it a perfect time to do swimming lessons?!

Cooper and Maggie love their swim lessons. They always have big grins on their faces and wave to me when I am looking their way. Allie isn't quite old enough to do swim lessons, so she just makes friends with other little girls in the bleachers.

Who's been sleeping in my bed?

Chris left for Chicago on Sunday afternoon leaving me the lone parent this week. Monday, I embarked on matching the hamper full of mismatched socks--a task I dread--which I am happy to report a finding of about 60 pairs of socks!! I then added to that pile a few loads of clean laundry. I hadn't quite folded all of the laundry as bedtime approached. Being tired last night, I pushed the clothes onto Chris's side of the bed and went to sleep. Allie came and cuddled with me in bed this morning and I told her that the laundry slept with me last night. She said, "It looks like Daddy! Hi Daddy!" She had a big grin on her face as she said that because she knew it wasn't Daddy. I still need to go fold the laundry and put it away or it is sleeping with me again tonight!

Cabelas

We have wanted to visit Cabelas since it opened a couple years ago. We finally made it yesterday--between the wedding and family dinner. The kids and Chris loved every second there. I enjoyed it too, but my fun was in watching them mostly--I did enjoy the animals and how big it was.

Harry Potter Maniacs

On Thursday, Cooper said, "I would like to watch this show mom." He handed Harry Potter to me. I agreed and let him watch it thinking it wouldn't keep his attention. Well, Maggie got home from school and they started it over. They didn't quite finish it before bed, but they didn't forget and watched it the next day. Well, they also finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets that night too. They also devoured #3 that night, because they have a soft mom and convinced her to stay up and watch it with all three kids--even Allie. She would just cover up her head in the scary parts. Saturday, they all watched #4--in the van mostly--to my cousin's wedding in Highland. They all finished it that night. Today, Sunday, we are about to embark on #5. Can you say too much Harry Potter?!

Chris, the REDNECK

Chris and Adam became Rednecks this weekend. They went to a NASCAR race in Las Vegas. While the race was going, Chris called me. I could hear the roar of the crowd (100,000 people), the rumble of the race cars, and the announcer booming overhead. I could barely hear Chris on his phone. They were both having fun blending in with the variety of people they sat around. Chris has never gotten into Nascar racing, but likened it to a 10,000 in track. He talked about the stategies involved and the guy who started out last ended up winning all. He will get back tonight. (Oh, it took them 3 hours to get out of the parking lot and the race was only 3 hours.)