Being lazy sometimes pays off

Here is a picture of a pumpkin plant that is growing right next to my front porch steps. It is not a coincidence that it is growing in the exact spot that our Halloween pumpkin sat.
Gardening tip for you--let your pumpkin sit on the grass after the holidays and throughout the winter. By spring it will have planted, composted and fertilized a new plant naturally and you don't even have to dig a hole:-)
As a side note, I finally made the baby girl something out of the "kisses" material we bought months ago. It is kinda goofy, but I did kinda just freehand it, so it is what it is. She is still cute regardless, IMHO.



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How cute is this trim?!

Julia found this at textile fabrics when we went. We had to buy a yard, but I have no idea what we are going to do with it.



It is hula girls in case you can't tell.
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Ahhh, we DID get a real haircut after all.

Here is the new and improved haircut.


We love it very much. It is awesome. The ladies at The Mane Event in AC were mortified by our previous haircut, fit her in within 1 hour and fawned all over here the entire time. It was a much better and downright enjoyable experience and Julia left beaming from ear to ear.
We will never go to Gr**t Cl*ps again. This haircut only cost us $10 more than the previous one, if you can believe that. We learned a lesson that we will not soon forget. And we left Nikki at the salon a hefty tip for fixing us up!

Wordless Wednesday

Get a real haircut!!

Okay, the kids needed haircuts and I thought...."let's just run into AC and get a quick little trim at the cheap little "Gr**t Cl*ps". Easy peasy and we will be done. Right.......no, wrong. Good Gawd Almighty....
There was two people working in that place when we got there. One was actively cutting a girl's hair when we got there. Jack went first with the unoccupied "beautician"---after her smoke break. His hair is nuts anyway and she cleaned it up with the clippers and was done in a few minutes. All good--or good enough, anyway. (The other lady was still cutting that same girl's hair.)

Then, it was Julia's turn. She has recently dyed her hair blood red and wanted an appropriately trendy haircut to go with it. The goal was this....which we explained in extensive detail....


So, we got this in the front....which looks EXACTLY the same as it did yesterday.

There was no change whatsoever---which is fine. We wanted the length in the very front to stay essentially the same.

Then comes the back......
Let me preface this by saying there was some "creative combing" and "creative spraying" done while we were there to disguise the reality of this situation or I would obviously have blown a gasket right there. Let me also say that before I took this picture I combed through this hair and made sure it was in no way tucked into her collar so you could see the full effect. And I also made her stand perfectly straight.

Yes, for real. No shit. I kid you not. Dont you like that long piece in the middle....it is my favorite. Apparently she was also telling Julia the entire time that "it looks crooked because your hair is so thick". It is funny that as we came out Julia had a weird look on her face and I actually asked her if everything was ok before we even pulled out of the parking space. Doesnt it stink that kids feel like they cant speak up for themselves when being told what to do by an adult, even when they know they are in the right? I was out of earshot and watching the other two kids and she was on her own with the painfully substandard scissor-wielder who was blaming her inadequacy on my poor kids beautiful thick hair the entire time.

So, next time you think about a quicky cheapo haircut, DONT DO IT. Get a real hairdresser with her own chair that is paying for her own insurance. Tina, can you come to TN tomorrow please? I get to spend tomorrow demanding my money back and finding someone to fix this....honestly, it shouldnt be too hard. What hairdresser in her right mind wouldnt gasp in horror and then drag her immediately to a nice lifty chair?!
And BTW, when we left, the other hairdresser was still cutting the same girl's hair as when we come in.....we were there almost an hour. I would hate to see her hair tonight.

French Horn Pants

No, the pants arent for the french horn...they are for the french horn player.
Julia and I went for a quick trip to the awesome Textile Fabrics in Nashville and she found this cute stuff.

She also decided that she needed these loungy-pants for a slumber party that was happening in like 2 days...it was imperative. Like a good servant, I did as I was told.

Also, blue is the favorite color....that is where the ribbon comes in. We must cover all the bases.
This is the same pattern I used for the bacon pajama pants mentioned in this post, but this time properly sized. They turned out just fine and she wears them way too constantly.

How's that for a smart-assed look....?

Day at the Dam

Yesterday, with the sister and brother-in-law here in town, we had an afternoon at Cheatham Dam. The kids opted out of the swimming area, so we stuck to playground/sand pit and hot dog grilling. We really enjoyed it. The weather was beautiful, it wasnt too crowded and other than the flies buzzing our food it was all good. Poor Chris had to work all day though, so he missed the fun :-(

Barefoot in the sand.

Slide hair.

Walking with papa to see the ducks/geese.

The new haircolor sees the sun for the first time.

Skipping rocks.

Wearing a "probably unsanitary, but we tried not to think about it" found birthday hat. Go spiderman.

The whole famn damily....note my ever so photogenic face. Nice.