Haircuts

Last night was haircut night for the kids. Both Adelyn's and Hadley's hair was becoming unmanageable. Here's how long Adelyn's hair was beforehand.

Here's how long Hadley's hair was.

So we sat them down in front of the TV watching Kung Fu Panda. Curtis cut Hadley's and I cut Adelyn's hair.

Here's Hadley's results (today after putting gel in it). He gets trims much more frequently; Curtis is really good at it.

And Adelyn's after curling it today. I am happy with the results. Although they weren't quite what I started out to do. I cut about four inches off and then started layering it. By the time I was done I had cut at least another inch off because I wasn't very good and the layers weren't very even at first, but I think it turned out pretty good... for an amateur. :) Then I feathered the front and trimmed her bangs. I wanted to try an a-line on her, it'd be so cute, but I don't think I'm quite up to that level yet.

And last but not least, this is one of the kids' favorite new activities. You don't need to watch the whole video to get the idea. They remind us of the "Wheelers" on the second Wizard of Oz. And no, they aren't ruining the finish on our wood floor. It was already ruined when they discovered this great game.

Random Pictures Again

I haven't posted for a while (Curtis did the last few) so I felt like I should.

Lately Adelyn has gotten way too big for her hooded towels, but she gets jealous of Hadley if I try to have her use a regular one. So my sister-in-law told me about some hooded towels she had made and I made some too. They're made out of regular towels. You can get two of them out of two towels and one hand towel. The kids love them! Here's the hood.

And here's how it looks on them.

One day when the kids were bored, I decided to do a "craft" with them. Here's the end result:
I had them lie down on some butcher paper and I traced them. Then they helped me decorate themselves. They hated lying still for me to trace them, but they loved to decorate the pictures. I didn't even have very much for them to decorate them with but they didn't seem to care at all. Now they're hanging up in their room.
One night we went with Curtis when he went to play basketball with the guys in the ward. On the stage was this prop and the kids wouldn't stop playing behind it. Once I took a picture of them, they kept wanting more and after each one, they'd come out from behind to come look at their picture on the camera.

One night we decided to take the kids bowling. We hadn't been since before Hadley was born. We invited my sister and her husband to join us and had lots of fun. I suck at remembering to take pictures, so you'll almost never see a picture of Curtis (he's always behind the camera), sorry!

Here's Hadley "bowling".

And here's Adelyn.

But we stayed far too late, and the kids started getting really distracted and irritable. They spent most of the last half of our time there in the arcade, asking for more coins and rides.

I have to mention that I just had my 27th birthday. The reason I have to bring this up is because I have to tell everyone how amazing Curtis is! My birthday was on a Monday and on Sunday we went for a walk after church. During the walk, Curtis asked if it'd be okay if we left the kids at his parents' house overnight (we were going there later to celebrate Curtis' mom's birthday anyway) and if it'd be okay if we left Koda at my sister's house. I thought that was strange but said okay. Then he asked if it'd be okay for us to stay the night in Salt Lake City. Cute!

He had arranged everything for us to stay overnight at the Anniversary Inn. Including packing for everyone, even me! When we woke up on Monday, he drove me to Park City and we went shopping! It was one of my best birthdays ever!! I have the best hubby!