This weekend got off to a delicious start on Friday night when we dug into the "Smooth Operator" pie that Leann had dropped off the night before. It's hard to describe the Smooth Operator.... it's a chocolate silk pie with a pretzel crust and it's pretty much divine. The boys each had a little piece and when my dad stopped by to say goodnight on his way home he had a piece as well. I was putting laundry into the dryer when the doorbell rang and when I went to answer the door Mason met me with chocolate all over his face...
Ruh-Roh.
He told me, "I MIGHT have seen a stranger eat it". Sure ya did, kid.
We forgave and forgot and moved on to movie night with Jack Bauer.
I think he thoroughly enjoyed our screening of Penguins of Madagascar :)
Saturday morning started bright and early with Captain America in me bed (never thought I'd say that!). hahaha
The cape got passed around all morning as we read lots of stories...
... and played lots of Legos. Perfect Saturday morning!
Dave dropped Luke off at Aiden's Lego Ninjago jumpy birthday party and Sheaffer texted me this pic of our little ninjas. When it came through I laughed so hard! These two have been buddies since birth and they play so well together! Little goofballs :)
Luke went to play at Sheaffers and I put G down for a nap while Mason watched a movie and I said a fond farewell to my HOT MESS of hair. Y'all.... I RARELY wore it all the way down and when I did I always straightened (or curled!) the junk out of it so it looked somewhat manageable... but here it is in all it's horse mane-like glory. hahaha
So, here's the back story. My hair has been pretty much every length imaginable. From REALLY short (this is from after our wedding and then when I was pregnant with Luke) to the craziness it was this past weekend.
During college I heard about Locks of Love, grew my hair out and then cut it all right after graduating. Yes.... the girl in the pics below is a college graduate... not eleven :)
Right after Griffin was born, I had several inches taken off in my last significant haircut.
Since then I've had trims, but nothing major. Locks of Love has always been an organization close to my heart and while my hair grew out like crazy I knew that my "end game" would be to cut it and donate it again. And I'll totally admit that I really liked having it long because it was SO SO SO easy! I could shower, throw it up, walk out the door and look somewhat okay :) As soon as I found out about Manda's cancer in the Fall, I knew it was time to cut it, and decided that after the Holiday craziness I'd take the plunge.
I made an appointment at a super cute salon on the McKinney square and didn't look back. It sounds so stupid, but once you have long hair it can be hard to let go of it. hahaha You know how long it takes to grow (although mine grows pretty fast) and know that it will be YEARS before it's back. In the grand scheme of things, though, it was such an easy decision. Knowing that the hair I donated would help provide a wig for someone who couldn't afford one otherwise is an amazing feeling.
One last "long hair pic" before the chop! I told the stylist to take off as much as she wanted...
.... and ended up with 14" long ponies! The minimum requirement is 10", but Amelia thought that it would look cute shorter so we went for it :)
My first after pic :) I can admit now that I was pretty much in shock. hahaha
Of course, what's a girl to do when she gets out to her car??? Text all her girlfriends and ask opinions. :)
I picked Luke up from Sheaffer's and headed home. In the car on the way home Luke goes, "I thought you were getting a haircut???" :) The kid can tell if 2 Lego pieces are missing off of a "creation".... I cut off over a foot of hair and he doesn't notice. Awesome. Who did notice??? Griffin :) She kept touching it and smiling. LOVE HER!
I have been so blessed by this experience and would REALLY encourage any of y'all who are on the fence to take the plunge and chop it off! Your hair can't have highlights in it (it has to be completely grown out) and it has to be 10", but other than that they can use all kinds of hair! As of right now, my plans are to maintain my shorter hair... but who knows.... I may do it again ASAP! We'll just have to see :)
We had no sooner walked in the door, then Luke got picked up by ANOTHER friend for ANOTHER playdate. It was a big day for Luke :) Pretty much the best day ever.
Turkey meatballs for the kids and a salad for me...
... and this is pretty much what the rest of the night looked like :)
Saturday was a super busy day for Dave and he went in to work pretty early... so my mom came down and watched the littles for me while I got my hair cut. When I got home she had done this! OMG!!! Best. Mom. Ever. :)
Sunday morning we did church like normal and it was Shay and my week to teach in our three year old class. Shay and I have taught this same age group since before we had kids. We teach every other week and have the best time. We've had a TON of laughs, a handful of meltdowns (kids, not us!) and could we tell you some poop stories :) All of our newborn babies have joined us a time or two (because they were either too young to get dropped off or were screaming.... or both) and it was super special that Ashby got to join us this week! At the end of the service, Griffin joined our class and she and Ashby got to play :) I hope these girls are besties for YEARS to come!!!
There is a WHOLE lot of sass and spunk in these pics!!!
Ashby was totally confused (again), by Griffin's shenanigans. Hopefully G will make a better third impression :)
After church I wanted to attempt my #sundaymorningainteasy pic and all was going well until Mason came out of the garage with the dang scooter...
She's been working on her pout :)
And about 4 seconds later.... sweet as pie...
As Mason got closer she turned stoic...
,,, and then this..
Sharing is HARD!!! Especially when you're the baby and your big brothers typically let you have what you want :)
Mason took a turn, Griffin got stripped down, and then she took a second spin. Shirtless. hahaha
Still getting used to the new do. So... selfie.
(hahahaha - apparently I'm 14)
Sunday I had an event at school all afternoon, then I ran a few kid-free errands and I came home to a little girl in disguise...
I think she favors me.... minus the boogers :)
We spent the rest of Sunday night getting organized for the week and sneaking in some last minute weekend snuggles. Monday always comes WAY too fast!
So, longest weekend wrap-up ever! hahaha Hopefully you stuck around for all of it because the winner of the bracelets from yesterday is............
ADDIE HICKS!!!
I was totally "techie" about it and had Dave scroll up and down the comments page while I closed my eyes and pointed. hahaha Addie, send me an email to dave-and-andrea@hotmail.com so I can get your address and pop them in the mail to you!
Happy Tuesday, friends!!!
I was totally "techie" about it and had Dave scroll up and down the comments page while I closed my eyes and pointed. hahaha Addie, send me an email to dave-and-andrea@hotmail.com so I can get your address and pop them in the mail to you!
Happy Tuesday, friends!!!
