It Finally Happened...

I knew it would happen sooner or later. Andy and I *thought* the kids were busy in their playroom upstairs. Instead, Carolyn found a haphazardly placed pair of scissors and decided to play beauty-parlor. The result was pretty disastrous. You can't really even tell in the first photo just how much she cut off. Trust me when I say it was A LOT.

So... we went out today and Carolyn got a very short bob haircut. She came home and told her Daddy that she looked like a boy. I keep telling her she looks like a pixie. All I know is, she better steer clear of the scissors from now on or the kid will have to have her head shaved!!!

 

 

 

 

Sprinkler

We've had a few days that were warm enough for the kidlets to play in the sprinkler. Carolyn LOVES it. She runs and giggles and squeals and does all the normal kids-in-a-sprinkler things. Abbie is not so sure about it. She mostly just suns herself on her towel .

 

 

 

 

 

Playground

Andy had some fun taking photos of the girls at the playground the other day. He got some neat shots, I thought. (Almost typed thougts, I shot. ;)) The slides, for the record, go down a super-long hill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stuff on a Walk

 
Mama and baby deer we saw

While Carolyn was in preschool, Abbie and I got into the habit of taking a walk around 'the loop,' in town. We saw lots of neat things there. This particular day was one where I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I took the camera along to get my perspective back in line. I see things differently when I'm looking for photos. None of these turned out the way I hoped they would, but taking the camera had the intended effect.

 
I really liked this gnarly old tree. I'd walked by it many, many times and not really noticed it.

 

 

 

 
Abbie, a balloon, and a peanut butter sandwich. How could I not take a picture of that?

Carolyn's First Kiss

A very dear friend of mine, whom the Navy sent to the other side of the country, came to visit this weekend. My friend's son and Carolyn were best buddies and Carolyn cried as much as I did when they moved. We were SO HAPPY to have them come visit us this weekend.

Here we have Carolyn and her very, very special buddy. They picked up right where they left off. They played, they giggled. They even fought like brother and sister. It's clear that they have a special connection.

In fact, they shared their very first kiss this weekend. With tongue.

Apparently (my very dear friend was the one to witness the event as Andy and I were both elsewhere for whatever reason), both kiddos had the wild idea to find out what touching one's tongue to another's is truly all about. So they stuck out their tongues and met in the middle. Three times.

And of course, the event has gone down in history and will always be remembered as Carolyn and her very special friend's first kiss(es).


 
Can't you just tell they are very special friends?

Abbie Cuteness