This is what happens to little boys...

...who come to our house without their shoes and jackets. Jaden and Morgan have to share the ones that they have, so that everyone can go out and play.

The Cadillac of car seats

Uncle Jeff and Aunt Anne got Jaden a car seat for her birthday. She got it last Monday. She was so excited to get it because she got to pick out the cover, so she got a pink one with flowers. I have never seen someone so excited about a car seat before!!! Since she is now over 40 pounds, she had to get out of her old seat. This one goes up to 80 pounds or 53" (I believe)... I need to see if I can find one that will fit me~ You know, one that goes up to my weight of 100 pounds (just kidding)... But the seat is REALLY comfortable!!

Finally! A REAL beautician!!!!

Jaden HATED getting her hair braided, but she loves her braides now!~ Felicia really knew what she was doing, but it still took 1 1/2 hours. By the time she was done doing Jaden's hair, we decided not to do Morgan's because we didn't have enough time. Hopefully, I can meet up with her sometime during the week to do Morgan's. She lives about 30 miles away, so it is something that will have to be planned into the schedule.

More painting

The ozone has been bad outside the past few days, so we have beenstuck in the house. I decided to let them do more painting, even though it make such a mess. At least the paints wash off with water!

Welcoming Fall

We made scarecrow pictures on Tuesday, and we talked about the purpose of scarecrows on a farm. Jaden and Gabby collected hay from the yard to make their pictures, and we used the foam stickers that Grandma Leslie bought.

Little Allergies

OK... Update on my allergies. They are still knocking me out. It has been a week of this congestion and yucky feeling. I started taking Zyrtec-D, and that has helped some. I have been trying not to go outside as much, and I have an air purifier going in whichever room I am in... Anyway, I saw this product. Have any of you tried it? I was wondering if it is worth buying for the kids. I have tried other "Little Remedies" products, and they have been wonderful. http://www.littleremedies.com/ Also, does anyone know of the adult equivalent?

More Circus pictures

The girls didn't understand the clown's tricks... I didn't understand half of the stuff that he was doing, but most of the audience wasn't laughing, so I guess I wasn't alone in the misunderstanding.

These last two pictures are of Morgan giving me the nuts out of her mouth.

The Greatest Show on Earth~

Our first elephant ride~ Mommy, Jaden & Morgan

The"big top" wasn't so big, and the merry-go-round was a bounce house
The souvenir stand was filled with plenty of things to spend your money on, and if you missed the souvenir stand, the made several announcements throughout the show attempting to sell other things such as: peanuts, cotton candy, circus coloring book, "my first circus" t-shirt, etc.

Video-taping of the performances was not allowed, so I taped Morgan's reaction to the circus. You can, also, see that she is playing with something in her mouth. She has a very funny querk... She doesn't like any kinds of nuts. When she eats ice cream with nuts in i, she will finish the whole bowl, and then she will ask me for a wipe. When she gets the wipe, she will put it up to her mouth and spit out all of the nuts from the whole ice cream. I can't figure out where in her mouth she is soring these nuts, and how she can leave them in hr mouth and still eat the rest o her food. At any rate, we bought a $1 bag of peanuts at the circus. Morgan wanted some. She was eating them like crazy, and she seemed to be enjoying them. Only 15 minutes later, I could see that she was still playing with something in her mouth. I held my hand under her chin, and asked her to give me what he had in her mouth. Out came all of the nuts that I thought she had chewed and swallowed!!! She had chewed them, but she refused to digest them! I will post more circus pictures tomorrow when I have more time...

What's so funny?

You wonder what makes us laugh when Grandma Leslie comes? Grandma always gets down and plays with the kids. Gabby worked on fixing Grandma's hair for at least an hour, and she even put her hair under the blow dryer to set it (as you can see). When Grandma had left the house yesterday, I was telling Jaden that "Grandma is so funny." Jaden told me, "Don't SAY THAT about my grandma!!! She's not funny, she's nice, and I love her!" Like I was saying something bad. LOL!!!

Grandma Leslie always has us laughing!!

Grandma Leslie came over today. Every time that she comes, we wind up giggling about one thing or another. This time, Morgan thought it was funny that grandma had the hiccups. Her really big laughter was over by the time I got to the camera, but I still got a tiny glimpse of it.

Having fun at Libby Lu

Jaden and Morgan (January 23, 2007)~ I had Jaden's hair braided right before I went into the hospital to have Morgan.

I love to get my girls' hair done, but it can be expensive, and it requires a lot of planning and time. For one thing, we still have not found a single person that we can rely on to braid their hair every now and then. I can braid hair, don't gt me wrong... But, I can not braid to the scalp for the life of me!! We have come across a person a time or two who would to Jaden's hair... But, people cringe when we walk into the salon and ask if someone can braid. I know it's not fun. and it has to be worse when you are dealing with a wiggling toddler... But, isn't it part of the job description?? Very few people in the hair business know how to braid (or if they do know how to braid, they don't want anyone to know because they don't want to take on that kind of work). My other problem is that when I decide I want their hair done, it is spur of the moment... Then, we can't get in. We used to go to the beauty school, but some of the girls would take an hour and a half to 2 hours to do Jaden's hair!!! Plus, it was $2 a braid~13 braids!!! YUCK!! We had one person that did her hair in about 30 minutes, and she charged us $20. She was heaven sent! You can see her work on the top picture. The braids stayed really well, but now she has moved on to a different salon. I have no idea how to find her now (or if she even wants to be found~LOL!!). I guess I will just have to break down and learn how to do it myself. Does anyone know of mini-cosmetology classes that I can take that would teach me how to braid to the scalp and do french braids?
So, now that I have rambled on... I wanted to get Jaden's hair braided, and if I had enough time, get Morgan's done, too. I couldn't get them in anywhere!!! So, I took the girls to Libby Lu where Jaden got 5 twists put in her hair. I sat Morgan in another chair and gave her 3 twists. They both got their nails painted and lip gloss.

http://www.clublibbylu.com/detail.aspx?menu=4&app=126&cat1=429&tp=23&lk=no&title=Step+1%3a+Create+Your+Style

Happy Birthday!!

On Friday night, we celebrated LeCount's birthday by visiting the Cheesecake Factory. We had a lot of fun. The girls enjoyed it so much, they actually sat through the WHOLE meal!!! Very impressive!