Confessions of a Hairstylist

Last weekend Jade very impulsively decided she wanted a hair cut. (I wonder where she gets that from?) I, loving to cut hair, happily obliged. First, I cut all her hair to chin length. Jade took one look in the mirror and decided she wanted to go even shorter, up to the bottom of her ears. So I put her back in the chair and began cutting. I cut one side and it looked perfect, with a very nice stack in the back. I moved to the other side and continued cutting. As I moved around the curve of her head to connect the two sides, I saw it. I had made the angle on her right side significantly steeper than the one on her left, and it was off by a good inch! My stomach dropped as I tried to come up with some way to fix my horrible mistake. I wanted so badly to take her to a stylist to fix it for me, but I knew that would embarrass Jade even more than it would me. So I worked and worked, cutting it shorter and shorter, until everything was finally even. It was agonizing, but I finally made it through it. And to tell you the truth, it didn't look that bad. If fact, Jade loves it. And I guess that is all that matters. My confidence may be shaken for a while, but as Elizabeth kindly pointed out to me...even the most professional stylists make mistakes.

Emily's Debut

Emily had her first music program this year and she did a wonderful job! The theme was Barnyard Moosical and as you can see from the pictures, Emily played the part of a cow.

Robbin & Aunt Pete

Erica dancing to the music

Catching Up

Playing in the rain. Finally no snow!

Loving this weather!

What a mess! Cleaning out the garden.


Determined to find a "gummy worm". (translation: earthworm)

"I love this book!"

All smiles

Celebrating Jade, Erica, and Nathan's birthdays

Party at gymnastics

Muscles

Hanging around

So much has happened over the last month, I haven't had the time to catch up on it all. (Warning: I will be jumping from topic to topic.) The girls celebrated their birthdays with a few parties, one at gymnastics, one on Easter with the McGarrys (which, of course, I couldn't find the camera for) and one a week later with the Leveilles. Speaking of Easter, this was our first time hosting a holiday and I think it went fairly well for a first time. There were a few dry dishes, but at least everything was edible. The girls finished up gymnastics, which Erica has been distraught about ever since. I started taking a parenting class to help refresh my toolbox as I feel my patience has really been lacking with the girls over the last year. It is once a week and they have childcare for Erica during that time, wich she loves. We have been spending the last few weeks cleaning out our gardens in preparation for spring, but we still have a long way to go. Our latest news is that we finally have gotten our foster girl, Elizabeth. So far things are going really well. We will have more information about her soon. I am just trying to stay afloat. I can't wait until summer when things can slow down a bit.