saturday, the girls & i were up & at em early! headed 2 WVa 2 get my hair cut!
i wanted 2 take them along - so they could b part of this whole process...they're actually very excited about mama losing her hair - oddly, giddy - but hey, if we're avoiding any kind of added stress in their lives, i'm happy with giddy! i'm thrilled that the kiddos r coping with this as well as they are - ecstatic!
we headed out the door at 7am, & made the hour long drive through the mountain
i say
through, because the highway to Morefield WVa was literally blasted through the mountains! the project is called corridor H & is still underway...they've gone quite a distance, but are still busy busting their way through more hills...these have ice waterfalls down the sides
i'm not sure how
involved the girls were in the process of me getting my hair cut - they played & painted their own fingernails after my aunt tracy let them pick out a color 2 take home ;0) but we had fun chatting & singing in the long car ride - good mama/daughter time
meanwhile at home, daddy & jaden were busy rotting their brains with video games & saturday morning cartoons...when we got home, daddy took a break 2 cook lunch - steak subs w/ fried onions! :0) we usually fry green peppers too - but corinn ate all of them the day before - she's a fresh veggie fiend!
corinn ended up getting sick that eve too...i'm not sure if
that weirdo bug is back again, but she was vomiting all eve - i avoided her, letting curtis tend 2 her as much as possible (low white counts - have 2 stay away from sickos), but wouldn't u know, as soon as i am the least bit near her (trying 2 give her a lil love goodnight - i'm sorry, she's my baby!) - she hurled all over me! ugh! then sunday, she wakes up feeling fine...& hungry! i let her eat a little dry cereal & she stayed home from church with daddy - just 2 make sure...we'd planned 2 go roller skating again that afternoon, & i didn't want her 2 miss out...sure enough, peechy keen all day - never even once complaining of an upset stomach!
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u can tell jaden did NOT want his pic taken! daddy was anxious 2 try out mama's new camera tho (more on that, in a post coming soon) & made him pose...this is a shot of mama's 1st hair cut - the one she wasn't too thrilled with
nana had almost all her grandkiddos in church with her this morning (of course, corinn was home sick)...she brought matthew, deandra & bryan along with her! & i have 2 say, they were pretty darn good!
after church, we ran home for lunch & then headed 2 the skating rink...yep, only 1 week since
our last trip, & we're already going back 4 more! ;0) but this time, daddy didn't have 2 leave early 2 go 2 work (he's on his 4-day weekend now!)...& my sister & her kiddos came along too!
but, we've decided - from here on out, we'll only go on daddy's sunday off (once every 3 weeks)...and maybe the occasional time without daddy, when my sister & her kiddos can go again
everyone had a great time 2gether! the kiddos got in some real bonding time (gabby & deandra were teaching another little girl they met, how 2 skate - too sweet!)
curtis didn't end up trying out skates this time either...he stayed busy helping bryan out for a majority of the time!
and bryan
really needed the help! ~lol~
he did finally start 2 get it - about an hour in, bryan was brave enough 2 skate on his own...without holding onto the wall!
my 3 were all doing better than last time too -
especially jaden! he only fell a handful of times this time...and he had BLAST!
this little corner was popular this time! u take off ur skates & go in ur sock feet 2 play on these little skateboard/trike type thingies...the blacklight just makes it that much more fun!
the girls were playing in this corner, when i saw a strange costumed character, riding skates around the rink with everyone else...i get jaden & gabrielle's attention & have them come over 2 check him out...i know better than 2 think corinn would want 2 come over 2 meet him...
i've told u about how
terrified she is of costumed characters - especially santa! but that also includes mascotts, characters at theme parks, etc!
this is what the curious-george-looking-monkey looked like, that was skating around the rink (i took this pic after he had gone back into skate rental before taking the costume off)
so, i see him skating around the rink...gabby & jaden r cool - they already checked him out a few minutes ago...i'm standing on the side with curtis, watching them...my sister, bryan & corinn r in the black light/trike area, playing
i see the monkey start skating towards the side, like he's getting ready 2 exit the rink...i see him head 2 one entrance/exit in the corner...i think, oh no - he's heading towards the corner where corinn is! i start 2 skate towards that corner...i have my new camera in hand (from taking pics of the kiddos) & i'm scared 2 death that i'm gonna fall on my skates & bust it...but i know that if that monkey comes any where near corinn, she's gonna FREAK!
i yell at my sister, but she can't hear me over the music & noise...i can't see corinn, so i assume she's riding a trike...just then, i hear a shriek - a LOUD shriek! i skate around the corner 2 see this - & all i can do, is start snapping!
luckily, she knew my sister was near by - she made a straight bee-line 2 kelly!
ok, i know! i'm awful - but kelly had it under control! ;0)
she recovered quickly - we convinced her that it was just a person that works there, dressed up in a costume & as long as it stayed far, far away from her - she was cool!
after the skating rink, curtis dropped me off at the mall & headed home with the kiddos (i know, i haven't been 2 the mall in YEARS, & now i'm on my 2nd trip there in like a month!)...i was meeting my aunt there, 2 get my hair cut again
yes, again! - the thing is, when i went 2 get my hair cut on saturday, i wasn't sure how 2 explain what i wanted...i just knew i wanted it short & cute - i told my stylist 2 do whatever she thought would look cute...i've always trusted her 2 do whatever on me & i've always been pretty happy with the outcome
so, when she was done & it wasn't quite what i had in mind, i didn't want 2 say "no, no - what u picked doesn't work...try again!" u know what i mean - i let her do whatever, so i should deal with whatever...plus, it's only a temporary cut - it'll all b gone in just a short time! i wasn't thrilled, but i wasn't devasted!
i talked 2 my aunt that night - i told her how i wasn't too happy with it, but no biggie - that i just was hoping 4 something more short/tight/pixie/fun/funky & that i wish i would learn 2 speak up & say what it is i feel/think/want (always been a struggle with that one - i know, so unlike me - but true!)
she suggested we go sunday eve 2 get it cut again - the way i wanted...i told her nah, i wasn't worried about it...i could deal...she insisted - saying the least i should do, is have it the way i want it before it goes! ;0) she's so sweet!
so we did, we went & got it shorter...cut my ears out...made it a little tighter, a little pixier...a little more me! ;0)
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