Curly Hair

It's human nature to want what you don't have.  At least it seems that's the way most of us are - we always seem to want something different.  Our home is no exception.  Hailey constantly is telling me that she desperately wants curly hair, you see, I have naturally curly hair and hers is completely straight.  I on the other hand would die for straight hair!  We both want what we don't have - ironic.  

Well, after hearing her complain for what seemed like the millionth time that she wanted curly hair, I decided to pull out my old curling iron and give her a version of curly hair.  I haven't used that curling iron in over 10 years and I wasn't sure it would even turn on.  Luckily it did and she was thrilled with the result - I agree, curls were so darling on her!

As usual, it was hard to get the back too curly, so it's a good thing she couldn't see it very well.  But it was still cute.

The side was darling - I couldn't help taking a picture of that view.

As you can tell from her smile, she loved it!  So much so in fact that we curled her hair every day for a whole week after this just to make her happy.  

We even purchased some foam curlers to cut down on the time it takes to get it done.  Our first try at this wasn't so successful because her hair wasn't dry by the time we had to take them out and the curls just didn't stay in - but we did get a picture with her hair in curlers.  But we have plans to try again and hopefully we'll have a more successful outcome the next time around.

I have to admit, it is fun having a little girl who wants to be just like you - I know it won't last very long, so I'm enjoying it while I can.  She is such a cutie and I love how darling she looks with her curly hair.  But, then again she's beautiful with straight or curly hair!

Easter Sunday

After a very fun day at Nana and Papa's Easter Party, the big day arrived with plenty more presents and fun.  The Easter Bunny pretty much dumped his load at our house, I'm not sure how any one else got anything!

Here's Hailey's stash ...

Here's Tate's ...

And here's Zach's.

Quite the spread if you ask me.

Of course there was some for Mom, Dad, and even Taylor!  How that Easter Bunny knew he was here is amazing!  The kids just could not get over how the Easter Bunny knew and left him some treats too!

Hailey had a blast going through all of her presents.  Candy, a princess cup, books, coloring boards, magnetic dolls, and her favorite ...

a new princess shirt!

Zach just couldn't believe all the fun stuff he got.  Candy, a Lego Star Wars cup, books, coloring boards, a Perry the Platypus shirt, and his favorite ...

a new bike helmet!  I have to just pause here and say that sometimes the pictures you capture are just hilarious!  Zach really did love his helmet, but I caught the picture at just the right time and it almost makes him look like he doesn't like it!  :)

Tate couldn't quite reach his basket, but he loved everything he got.  Candy, coloring books, crayons, a new mickey mouse shirt, and a mitt and baseball ...

He also got a new ball ...

And his new favorite toy - his very own broom!  He had been playing with my full size one for months and was always swinging it around and smacking everyone and everything in his path.  This one is a little more manageable and there are a lot less casualties!  He will even grab his broom whenever I pull mine out and sweep the floor with me.  It has definitely been a success, he hasn't asked to have mine once since he got his!

After the excitement of the easter baskets died down a bit, the kids realized there were more surprises to be found.  The Easter Bunny had hidden three dozen of their plastic easter eggs around the living room for them to find.  

Zach's were hidden a bit harder this year and he really had to search to find the last few!

Hailey was very dedicated in her searching - looking everywhere!  Nice shot of your backside there silly girl!

After the easter egg hunt the day before at Nana and Papa's, Tate was really into finding eggs and most especially opening them because he knew from the day before that there was candy in them.  Ironically, every single picture of him finding eggs was all blurry.  

Not long after we found the eggs, it was time to get ready for church.  But as soon as we got home, all three were back playing with toys and eating candy.  They sure had a fun easter this year!