randomness

i've several random things to tell you, so i thought i'd just write a few of them down.

** since a few of you have asked, i did cut my hair. actually, brian did. i needed my front part trimmed, and he assured me that he could do it. so i handed over the scissors. the funny thing is, he did a great job!! on the front part. he did such a good job, i was like, hey, do you thing you could do a little back here? oh yeah, he assured me, i really am a good hair cutter. so he started cutting. uh, brian, that feels like a little more than i wanted... as i felt the hair tickling my back. to make a long story short, one side was shorter than the other. he wanted to fix it, i said that's ok. i put it into a pony tail (the smallest tail i've ever had) for church the next day, and went to fantastic sams after lunch. i think i've had my fill of short hair. again i am going to grow it out.

** i have a bone to pick with expensive garage sales!! for heavens sake, don't charge a dollar for a little kids book! and if an item is worth 10 cents, don't charge 50! isn't that why they call them garage sales? so you can get a cheap little toy for your kids with the change you've got in your car?

** my new favorite thing is glade flameless candles. my friend lisa gave me one, and now i am officially addicted. besides the fact that they are pretty, and flameless (good for kids), they put out their smell all day long, with out having to worry about a flame on all day! i love em!!

**little audrey had a piano recital this morning. she did so well!! i am going to post the video as soon as i have time to refigure out how to do it. she is doing so well in her piano, and she is starting to play hands together! she is also starting to learn how to read. she loves to read and loves to learn; she is going to be one smart cookie.

alliance air show

this morning we went to the alliance air show in fort worth. it was a really neat place. there were planes and helicopters everywhere, and the planes were doing shows every 30- 45 minutes. right when we got there, there were several skydivers coming down all around us. there were planes that would go straight into the sky, and then free fall down (spiraling all the way), and then at the last minute, turn the engine back on and pull up. the kids really liked it, but it was a little rough as it got past nap time! it is one of those things where we will really enjoy it in a few years when naps are not a necessity, and we can stay and really see everything. the saddest part was we didn't get to see the blue angel show.:( an apache helicopter. we met brians brother, phillip, and his family there. it is so fun to be able to do things with the family, and cousins always make things more fun! we waited in line to look into one of the fighter jets... i can't even imagine flying around in one of those things! (not the greatest angle for me:()
audrey had a lot of fun!
near the end we finally let kenzie get out of the stroller. she found this strip and followed it for a long time! when we finally had to turn, she didn't want to get off of it. it was really cute.
riding with daddy

this jet was awesome. it was so fast, and extremely loud. it would fly upside down, and do flips, and then the smaller plane came up to it and they flew around together like that. they were so close.

fireproof

if you haven't already, i just wanted to encourage every one to go out and see the new movie fireproof. brian and i went to see if saturday night, and it was great! it was funny, realistic, and presented the gospel in an incredible way. it was so strange to see such a wholesome movie in the theatres, and i think we should all support it as much as we can!

football season

we went to our first football game last night. my highschool was having their homecoming game, so we decided to take the kids out to experience their first game. it was fun- i was really surprised at how much zach liked it. he really got into it, but he did get pretty upset because he wanted to go on the field and play football with the boys. brian did take him to the field during halftime. audrey and makenzie got to go around with granny so she could show them off.

compliments

i received a wonderful compliment from my 41/2 year old daughter the other day. we were in the car, and i had noticed that audrey put some gloss on her lips... i commented on it. "so you put some lip gloss on today, huh?" she said, "yes. do you know why i put it on?" "no" i replied. "because i want to be just like you. i want to be your twin!" sometimes we just don't realize how much our little ones look up to us!!

more hair cutting

well, i thought that we had learned our lesson about the scissors. even though it wasn't a real kid this time, it was extremely devastating to audrey. i had a coupon, and audrey chose this pink my little pony. she loved it, but the hair kept getting in the pony's face. i don't know where i was, but she decided to cut his little hair off, and then realized that she had butchered it. this is after i trimmed it up for her... she cried and cried over this! "i ruined it! now it's ugly! i don't want it anymore! i want a new one...etc." i tried to reassure her that it was ok (while trying really hard not to laugh!) but, i told her, i only had one coupon, and she wasn't going to get another one, that she would just have to use this one.
this picture shows the devastation of a ruined pony. i felt a little bad for taking a picture of her in her misery, but it was just too good to pass up...
she finally calmed down, after i told her she just now had a "rocker chic pony" instead of a regular one. but several times that day brian asked, "now what lesson did we learn today?" and she would answer, "don't cut your pony's hair!"
on another note, in case any of you were wondering, potty training week was a failure. i decided that he was not ready yet, (almost!) but put him back in diapers and will try back in a couple of months.

haircuts and ballet

last night before bathtime i was trying to get the little rubberbands out of audrey's hair. i used the little black ones, which often pull on her hair as i try to get them out, so i went and got a pair of scissors to cut them out. i left them on the sink as i dried and dressed the kiddos, then i went back to the bathroom to get their toothbrushes. i saw hair on the floor and immediately went to audrey, "did you cut your hair?" no, she said. "then where did all this hair come from?"
zach was proud to take credit for cutting his hair. he was actually quite excited about it. so i had to fix it this morning. sad, but at least i won't have to cut his hair again for a while...
in other family news, audrey started ballet/tap class!! she was so excited, and struck this pose with out me helping her! (and before learning anything at class!) when asked if she liked it, she really did, then asked what they did, she said "pries (plies!), hundreds and hundreds of plies."