Anna's Haircutting Adventure

I came downstairs last week to find hair everywhere in the house. Anna had gotten hold of a pair of paper scissors from a drawer and cut every...single...hair...on...her...head. Some as little as an inch off, some with only a few centimeters left. 

BEFORE:

She cut Caroline's hair, too. Pretty much everything just above the ear. I tried to do Caroline's hair in a french braid yesterday, and the spots where it's just an inch long were really noticeable. I guess we're not going to do a french braid for a while. When it's down, it's really hard to tell, so we didn't have to cut ALL her hair off.

DURING:

AFTER:

Our good friend Mollie is a genius with the scissors. I didn't think there was any hope for Anna's hair when I saw it, but it looks so cute now. She gets compliments from strangers in the store now, which I really cringe at. She does look cute, but I'm worried that she thinks it looks so good because SHE cut it. Both of the kids have been grounded from Webkinz for a week. Take that.

First day of kindergarten

We thought the bus came twenty minutes later than it does in the morning, so we didn't get any pictures of Caroline the morning of her first day of school. Maybe it worked out for the best, since she just had to run out the door to get to the bus in time and didn't have time to worry and be scared of what was coming. 

Anna and I waited out on the lawn for the bus to drop Caroline off after school. I finally had the camera, so Anna insisted that I take a pic of her.

Caroline after getting off the bus. She's holding the picture that she colored of "Chester" the raccoon.

Anna and James wanted their pictures taken while Caroline and James's sister Emma got their first-day-of-school pictures taken together. Emma lives across the street from us and is in Caroline's class. They have FOUR kindergarten classes at the elementary school. Emma's mom, Miss Emily (nee Bench), is from Moroni, so it's good for me to have a friend who understands how superior North Sanpete is to South Sanpete.

My Klingon Baby

Anna knocked over a hopper full of tennis balls at our tennis practice this morning. The side of it banged her right between the eyes. It's hard to tell from these pictures, but she really does look like a cute little Star Trek character. Live long and prosper.

Caroline's "Poke"

I took Caroline to get her pre-kindergarten shots today. It turned out that our insurance will only cover certain shots if they're administered in the doctor's office, yadda, yadda, yadda, so Caroline could only get one of her many shots at the health department. She was so brave that we went to McDonald's for lunch afterwards.

Sidenote: With a pose like that, don't you think she's the future Miss Gunnison Valley? I'd better get her started on piano lessons...

Days Gone By

I just found these pictures on the video camera. They were taken on Christmas Day of 2006, while Nate was still in Iraq.

It seems so long ago...

Time Out!!!

Anna bit Caroline on the arm the other day and the result was an extra-long time out sentence. I watched from the couch as her eyes got heavier and heavier and finally closed. 

About fifteen seconds after I took this picture Anna's head fell off of the back of the chair and she spooked awake.

Sunday Best

I wanted to take a picture of Anna with her cute new scripture case that Jenny and her family gave her for her birthday, and Caroline couldn't resist getting her picture taken, too.

You may note that the bright-green case matches Anna's bright-green-flowered dress perfectly. Coincidence.

Caroline's wearing a dress that Grandma Parnell gave her for when she starts kindergarten next week. We decided it would work as a church dress, too, until she gets too tall.

San Diego Zoo!!!

Silly bushes pretending to be elephants.

The girls and koala.

Bears

Hungry, Hungry, Hippos

Caroline climbing in the jungle around the hippo exhibit.

The exhibit is so cool. You can see the hippos under water. The dark shape in the background behind Anna is two adult hipppos hugging.

Nate and the girls pretending to be hippos.

Family Pictures

Our family, including our new brother elephant.

The fam with a giraffe.

Zoo Lunch

Anna looks like a model, complete with a breeze flowing through her hair and slightly pursed lips. And don't forget the finishing touch: a mustard splotch on her cheek.

Liner enjoying her sandwich.

Another model with a bite of sandwich in her cheek.

Children's Zoo

They had a petting zoo with goats and sheep. Anna was really brave and went around giving each of the animals a special pat.

Caroline was a little worried at first, but eventually she pet a couple of animals.

They had such beautiful flowers.

New Pets

Anna got a new dolphin friend "Shark" at Sea World. She wanted him to be able to see the show she was watching.



Caroline's dolphin friend's name is "Sunny".

Sea World!!!!

These penguins look a little familiar.

On the ride that the girls liked, but almost made me sick.

Caroline was the queen of the mountain. Anna was a little afraid to stand up.

Sesame Street 4-D

They had a Sesame Street movie with 3-D glasses. We all looked very cool.

You can see the remnants of Anna's wound that she got running down my Aunt Janet's driveway.

Caroline kept grabbing at the air in the theater, trying to get Cookie Monster's cookie or Grover's rope or whatever.

Carousel

Ice Cream at Mission Beach

Yumm.

Caroline wanted pink ice cream. Big surprise.