Someone got a haircut

ME!  I've actually been sporting the shorter style for a couple months now but last night it got a tad shorter and I realized that most of you haven't seen me with my new short style yet at all so I had Brandon take some pictures...and we got a little carried away.

Cookie monster

 Apparently Cookie Monster is in disguise because Jordan claims these banana pieces are him.  Here are the body parts as she explained it to me.

Kid's imaginations make me chuckle.  I love seeing their creativity and how clever they are!

To be honest, at first I was a bit annoyed that she was making a mess on the table and was about to tell her to stop but before I got the chance she told me that she was making Cookie Monster.  It wasn't until she said that, that I decided to let her go ahead with it because it really isn't hurting anything; I was going to have to wipe the table up regardless and it wasn't intended to make a mess.  This is what I try telling myself when I get too uptight about things.

some fun things we've been up to lately

I saw this cool bubble blower thing in an issue of Family Fun magazine last year and we finally got around to doing it a few weeks ago.  It's a really cheap project.  Take an empty water or soda bottle and cut off the end, rubber band on a wash cloth (I used a baby wipe), wet the wash rag down then dip in dish soap and blow!  Super easy, super fun.  Here's a video of us doing it, the bubbles can hang on for a long time but she kept stopping and wiping them off.  

This was a fun project I recently found on the blog hands on:  as we grow.  Start by pouring baking soda onto a cookie sheet and let your kid play in it if they'd like by drawing shapes and letters with their finger while you dye vinegar with some food coloring.

Then using a medicine dropper, turkey baster, spoon or any other thing you can come up with squirt colored vinegar over the baking soda and watch it bubble and fizz.  This kept us entertained for about 45 minutes.

We got pretty lucky with this next project.  The people who lived in our house before us left behind quite a few things and this peg board with colored pegs just happened to be one of them.  I used this to keep Jordan entertained one day while I was cleaning up and when she said "ok, Mama, me done."  I looked over and found this:

Why I haven't worn make-up in a week

This little munchkin found my mascara and went to town with it all over her face, arms and...

...the toilet.  Yes, my mascara that I had just opened and used for the first time that morning took a dip in toilet water after being rubbed all over someone's face and all over the toilet seat.

 Here she is with her "masterpiece."

Someone got a hair cut

I can't say I was completely ready for it but we decided to get Jordan's hair cut for the first time and even up all the natural layers.  We had it cut to the top layer which means it is pretty short...I'd say she got about 6 inches got chopped off!

She was such a good sport sitting there.  I was very proud of her for sitting so well.

All finished (this was the best picture I could get at the time) and she got a "prize" and a balloon.  She and the dog were quite entertained by the balloon the rest of the day.