New Year, New Hair

Here is me and my sticky-outy pig tails and Dalton and his peanut butter face. (I cut off and donated 13 inches of hair on New Year's Eve.)

Maggie took the picture, which was very exciting.

Living Out of [Daddy's] Suitcase

Daddy left his suitcase out in between business trips and it got played with.  A lot.

Maggie wanted to wear her tutu to church today. I told her she could wear it to school tomorrow and she set it aside. A few minutes later, Dalton came out of her room announcing, "New hat!"

More Dalton funnies here.

Feeling Better

After several days of this...

The kids were mostly back to normal today.

Dinosaur Hairstyles

The dinosaur hairstyles started when both our kids dressed as dinosaurs for Halloween in 2010. Maggie was a Triceratops (three pigtails) and Dalton was a Stegosaurus (spiked hair). Since then, well... ponytail, pigtail, birdie tail (what Rachel and I called half ponytails growing up)... it was only natural Maggie would soon ask for dinosaur tails.

I am NOT a hairstylist. I'm just a creative mom with a dino-loving daughter. I'll add to this post as we try more hairstyles.

Styracosaurus

One "horn" in the front, and three spikes coming out of her frill. I would have done more spikes, but Dalton managed to break the rest of our small rubber bands.

Pachycephalosaurus

Pachycephalosaurus has hard bumps around the crown of his head. I did two French braids sideways around Maggie's head and bundled them together into one big "bump" at the back.

Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus has two crests on his head. We did little braids, then bigger tails.

Basic Triceratops 

ETA: Maggie's hairstyles have moved beyond dinosaurs... She now requests things like Snowman, candy cane, and even a wagon! 

Inheritance

Even though I'm an IN-LAW I somehow inherited Grandma June's sewing basket. I also asked for any "vintage" sheets to be saved for me, and I got these lovely, super soft sheets.

Here's her sewing basket.  Crazy old embroidery patterns, yarn, knitting needles, pearlhead pins etc.

This was the best stuff in the basket.  Ancient, metal embroidery hoops, wooden spools of thread, giant scissors, and a pill bottle filled with needles.  The prescription is for John's grandpa, with a date in the '70s.

When she was still alive, Grandma June gave me this apron. Someone made it for her as a gift for her 25th birthday, or something.

Happy New Year, Sick Boy

Christmas Lasties

I could tell which stocking hanging at up in preschool was Maggie's without seeing her name.  The top left is her letter to Santa - a dinosaur and a ball.

 Daddy is on vacation, so we went to the aquarium.  Yes, that says "Goliath Bird Eating Spider."

 They hooked up the electric eel to a Christmas tree! Awesome.

ETA a few more Christmas drawings of Maggie's.  The first one she copied from her Daddy.  The big X on it is because Daddy's was a window scene.


 Google hates me and is uploading this picture sideways for no good reason.  The left (top) drawing is Snoopy dressed as Santa.