Abra, Cadabra . . .

Let'er RIP!

So let me preface this post with the fact that I am not looking for any chastisement. I LOVE it! And I don't really care about everyone else's opinions about how they loved it before! I KNOW! I did too, but sometimes, even when you love it, it's time for a change. Time to let it go! :)

That being said . . .

Isn't her LONG hair lovely? I think so too.

It looks pretty here, too, doesn't it?

And here . . . :)

OH! It's SO cute!
(Now if that little girl does not look like my mother
in this picture, I don't know who does!)

Speaking of Mother . . . Mom, this one's
for you! You little Stinker! :)

These are Hazel's (and Lilie's) new favorite toys!

Okay, here's the real kicker . . . Hazel and Lilie
played outside, ALL DAY, in the WIND and when
Hazel came in tonight, she was able to brush her
own hair! There were no tangles and no tears!

I LOVED Hazel's long hair. But it was due for a trim regardless and she has not had short hair since she was 1. Her hair grows faster than any child I've ever seen (since she was a baby, I've probably cut, all told, AT LEAST 8-10 inches off her hair) and so it will grow back, really fast. And change is fun! She loves her new hair! Although, it does make her look older, which is weird!
Tonight she and Lilie sat in the bathroom for about 20 minutes doing their hair! Hazel is so excited that she can do her own hair!

Besides, it's not as if I'm in a shortage of lovely, long hair to do!

I'm so . . .

weird . . . psychotic . . . hmmm . . . something . . . awesome? Yes. And weird.

So. When I get new comments on my blog, blogger emails me to let me know. Cool. In the email, it also includes the comment for me to read. So here's the part that is . . . obsessive, maybe? Well, when I get one of these emails from blogger, I do not click on the email to read the comment. I have to go to my blog and read it from here. I'm so weird. :)

My poor little baby!

My little Elsie slept until NOON today!? When she woke up, she was kind of whiny and had a fever. After eating and letting me carry her around for an hour, she went back to sleep and has been asleep now for another 2+ hours!!! She's getting 2 new teeth (her first 2 teeth!!!) and I think that may be what's going on, but I'm not sure.

One Year Older and Wiser TOO!

I'm not so sure about that statement. I don't really know that I'm getting wiser, in fact, I think I feel little bit dumber every year! :) Truly. Anyway! I had a wonderful birthday yesterday! I have the most wonderful children and husband on the planet! The girls were kind of difficult yesterday, but I'm pretty sure that that was my fault! I was a little high strung all day (Probably just some residual attitude problems from when I was 25 and immature. I'm pretty sure that now that I'm old, I'll do much better!). 

Nels spent last Saturday evening doing some side jobs for a guy and got paid nicely for doing so - SO do you know what he did with the extra dough? He gave me a little spending cash (on top of my fish tank) and then took me on a really great date last night!!! We went to one of the nicest restaurants in IF and saw a movie. It was so wonderful! He loves me so much! --- What a wonderful man! 

To top it off, we had cherry pie and chocolate ice cream! I think I would rather have a good cherry pie than almost any cake in the world! (Okay, okay! That Chocolate Truffle Cake that Wendie makes could MAYBE top cherry pie - it would just depend on the day!)

OH yes, and the last wonderful thing about this birthday? I now am finally FORCED to get an Idaho driver's license! Do you know how insulting it is to be told that I have to take another written test before they'll give me a new license to drive in IDAHO??? JUST KIDDING! However it does really stink that I need to do that! I don't think they even make senior citizens take another test before they had over a new license!!!

May the FORCE be with you!

Nels and I love Star Wars (the Original Trilogy). What child that was born either in the '70's or '80's doesn't, right? Well every time Nels would sit down and watch it, Hazel WOULD NOT watch it with him. She thought it was scary and so she would cry and run away. Well, recently Nels decided to get her to sit down and watch the first one with her - to show her that it's not scary. She was resistant at first, but after a bit, she realized that she liked it and . . . now she is asking me everyday if I will turn on Star Wars for her! :) She, Lilie, and Daddy have subsequently watched all 3 of the original Star Wers (that's what she calls it!) and Nels also has a game on our X-Box called "Lego Star Wars". They've played it together and now they are upstairs playing with their little "Girl" Legos (i.e. - little pink, white, and yellow Legos with little flowers and such) making R2D2 and "the Princess". I think this is the funniest thing! My two little girls are running around singing the Star Wars theme and talking about light sabers.

Nels could not be prouder!!!

R2D2

Princess Leia
with a Light Saber on her head!!!