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Flashback Friday: Banned from Bangs

I have decided to start making some posts from pre-blog years. I see so many pictures with stories that haven't been told on my computer slideshow, and blogging has become such a good outlet for me, that I hope the rest of you don't mind the trip down my memory lane. Here's what started it:

I just chopped off some bangs for myself yesterday. Seems like whenever I have a baby, my hair takes the brunt of my mood swings. Anyways, in a conversation with Tino about it I mentioned how I had been banned from cutting bangs on Kimi.

This is why. (Imagine the wavy flashback lines now)

Kimi was 17 months old. It started out as just evening her bangs out, but then one side got a little higher, so I had to even it out again. . .and again. . . until I finally realized I had just better stop before there was no hair left. Scott was a little surprised by the new "do" and thus came the ban. When we went places I hoped people would think Cali, who was three, had done it to her. Thank goodness, it grew out within few months.

Look at this cutie-patootie.

Oh, and don't worry about how I look now. I don't have these problems cutting my own bangs.

top o' the mornin' to ya

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all. Natalie is one month old today, and this bonny wee lass slept for 6 hours straight last night. My other kids better watch out because she is putting in a serious bid for favorite child status. Just kidding, kids, I love you all the same. (But I may be open to bribes.)
And speaking of St. Patrick's day, as I was picking out my clothes and everyone else's clothes this morning I wondered if maybe having a fear of not having something green on today was a little irrational. I am not sure who would be pinching us should we fail to look festive. I am wearing green though, in case you wonder. Somethings you just have to do.

daylight schmavings

As someone who has recently lost many hours of sleep, I would like to thank the government for taking away one more hour. It is always so fun every six months to readjust all of our children's sleeping and eating schedules. I should have expected it, but everyone was quietly sleeping-in this morning and I had to drag myself out of bed to go get Cali off to school. Someday my sleep will come.

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I had a few posts to catch up on so make sure to keep scrolling down.

Natalie at two weeks old

Six and sick

It's hard for me to believe, but Cali is six! Last week was a pretty miserable week for the three oldest kids with high fevers and terrible coughs. Luckily the fevers broke on Friday in time for Cali's birthday. Cali was feeling good enough to go out to eat with Grandma Colton and get a "Tini Puppini" (I didn't know what it was either: see picture below.) After these pictures and a tiny bit of cake and ice cream they were back downstairs curled up under blankets. Thank goodness we had Grandma McCracken here to take care of everyone while I have been keeping Natalie away from them in my bedroom.

bucket brigade

I was working in the kitchen and heard Kimi talking and saying "Roger that." in a robot voice. I turned around and found this. Kimi told me that they were being astronauts. It was pretty entertaining.