Hair Cut

So since some of you have noticed from my past post I have cut my hair. I actually don't call it a cut but rather a chop. Yes, I did it. My sister chopped it all off. It has been quite a while since I have had short hair and I like it. It has been nice so far, but I do miss the pony tails! It's a bit flatter here than I usually wear it, but you get the idea - it's SHORT!! I am going a little shorter and a little blonder in a couple of days so I will switch the photos and update this post. No need for a whole new one.

Ballarina

Last night Kimberlen brought her dance pictures home. Ya know how things always better in person? Well that is exactly what I thought of these. I was sure that her eyes were always open and she was looking right at the camera, well I was wrong. Now you can really see what a goofball she really is! I love her to death, the little stinker!

LagOOn!!

Kimberlen got to hang out with Gramma on Saturday at Lagoon. It was my mom's work day there and so she took Kimberlen instead of anyone else. When I met her with Kimberlen, Maycee was not sure why she didn't get to get out of the car and go and my mom told her that next year when she was bigger she would take her too. It was pretty cute.

Kimberlen only got scared on one ride and that was the Tidal Wave. My mom thinks it was when she keep coming up off her seat. But she did like the Flying Aces, which surprises me. I think they are scarier.

They had a fun day and then Kimberlen got to stay the night while Eric and I were out at the races. Here is a cute picture of my mom that Kimberlen took. I think she enjoys acting like a kid sometimes. But don't we all!!

Thanks mom she had a terrific time!

RAGING WATERS DANCE RECITAL

Kimberlen was able to perform with her dance studio at Raging Waters last weekend. It is always so funny to watch these little girls doing there own thing during the routine. Overall they did pretty good. They were little maids and danced to the song from Beauty and the Beast "Be our Guest".
Of course the girls could not wait to get in the water so as soon as Kimberlens dance was over she was practically ripping her costume off. And when I put Maycee's suit on she took off for the water like she knew what she was doing. I didn't know how Maycee would react to the water, as this was her first time at a pool this year and last year she was too small, but she loved it. Neither of them wanted to get out. We had a good day resulting in a sunburn for Eric and I and pink shoulders for the girls. Man it is hard to keep enough sunscreen on them! Here are the pictures, I had to get from my moms camera and then it turns out she is not in any of the pictures. Love ya Mom!

Newest Work of Art

Yesterday was my boss's 40th birthday so of course I volunteered to make the cake. I had one of the girls from work Tahna help me with the cake. We decided to make it the shape of a coffin. The cake is Carrot and I had a great recipe for that and it is such a dense cake that it worked really well. The top of the coffin is just a piece of cardboard that we cut out to use as our stencil and then I covered it in the fondant. It was hard to get it to be black even with the black food coloring, but it turned out pretty good. I placed it on a cookie sheet and then spread the crushed oreos around to look like dirt. The worms are also made out of the fondant and I put some along the side under the cookies so that we could stick the candles in it. I used skewers to prop the lid open a little so that is what you can see inside. I wrote on the top with some extra cream cheese frosting I made and found I need some more practice writing with frosting. But overall it was a hit and turn out just about like I wanted it too!! I am glad the fondant worked this time.

Messy Face!

So I let Maycee feed herself for the first time. Well, kinda, I have let her have finger foods and such by herself but this was the first real meal. I don't know what it is about kids and tomato based foods but she sure loves them. This was what we call "Goolosh". I had given her a spork to use but not real sure she got too much on it. It I would help her put the food on then she had no problems getting it in her mouth.

She ate two bowls of this stuff and was having a great time with it. When I got her out of her chair there was a fair share in the seat and on her lap. She also got a bit on the floor. Needless to say I used a bunch of Spray N Wash and had to mop the floor. I am sure she thought she was a big girl and doing a great job.

Finally

For those of you that already know or don't Eric bought me a Laptop for my birthday, well, sort-of. He said he went to get one and that he didn't know which one I would want so we were going to have to go and pick one out. Like that will happen. Anyway, here it is. I just got this two days ago. Talk about a belated birthday present! I love it! Thanks honey.

First Grade

Yahoo!!! Kimberlen gets to go to all day school next year. We had her Kindergarten testing and she past everything with 100%. It was very interesting to see the progress she made in one year. Her writing, which I thought was good then, is way better now. She knows so much more about letters, numbers, spelling, reading and mathematics. I am sure that we did not have such academic requirements when I was in Kindergarten. I remember laying on the carpet remnants and drinking milk with cookies. Kids have it a lot tougher these days and I am glad I am not there. Her teacher this year has been really good. I am going to try and get a picture of her with Kimberlen so that will be coming. I am just so proud of my little girl. I know that sometimes she gets treated as if she is older and I do expect a lot out of her but that is only because I know that she can do it. In fact right now she is changing the laundry for me. I think I will even be able to talk her in to folding it. She is so excited to be able to eat lunch with the "BIG Kids" and go all day. (I can't wait!) But now the dilemma is what to do with her during the summer. I have signed her up for swimming lessons but that is only for 2 or 3 weeks. She got her own library card so we will be hitting the library quite a few times I'm sure. If anyone has any ideas I am open to them. I just don't want her to get out of such a great learning routine and forget too much. I guess we'll see how it goes. Ü

Sprinklers

What a water girl. We were re-checking our sprinkling system and I had gone to get Kimberlen from Eric's Aunt's house were she stayed the night before with her little cousin. When I came back, Eric was over by the garden and the sprinklers behind him were on.



Of course Maycee wants down. I put her down I had this great thought, "What would she do if the water started to touch her?" So I walked her over to it and here we are. She loved it.


She walked into it and it startled her a bit. Then she just kept going in to it. When it started running down her face she would put her hand up in and lick the water that was running down.
She was soaking wet on the front side, but not too much on the back since she wouldn't move.
It was pretty cold water too. Kimberlen wouldn't even go in it to get her, and I wasn't about to either. Finally I coaxed her to come to me and her hands and face were cold to the touch.

Silly Water Baby.