Photo Op - Day 57

Talk about a bad hair day. I call this look "The Donald."

Photo Op - Day 56

Picture of him and his yellow balloon.

Photo Op - Day 55

Test driving the Jumperoo. Success.

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Story time is always a riot.

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Is my hair ridiculous or what?

Easter 2010

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. The weekend was beautiful, though a bit windy. Who doesn't like hunting eggs in 30mph wind gusts? The Easter bunny was good to Nick this year. I never noticed before, but it seems these days that every holiday involves large amounts of candy. Where was all this candy when I was growing up? Anyway... Nick had his highly anticipated egg hunt after church. There was no way he was waiting until after lunch. He won by a large margin since he was the only one hunting in our backyard. We dyed eggs the day before and he had his first and last taste of hard boiled egg. Poor kid. He was so excited about it, too. As for Miss Abby, she was content to watch her big brother. I imagine she'll give him a run for his money next year.

Give you one guess which child needed a nap.

Photo Op - Day 52

Test driving the walker. Just a bit short.

First Razorback Game

Scott took Nick to his very first Razorback baseball game Saturday. Father and son were both excited, but each for different reasons. For Scott, the Hogs are nationally ranked again and he hadn't been to a game in ages. For Nick, the cotton candy. Turns out they didn't have any cotton candy, but he was able to console himself w/ copious amounts of ice cream.

Scott said the best moment was when they took their seats to watch the players warm up and do sprints. When they starting running Nick jumped up and started shouting "go, go, go!!" That elicited a few chuckles from those in the stand. That was also the last time he paid any attention to the action on the field. He did look at the scoreboard once and saw the word OUT. He asked Scott, "What are they out of? Are they out of cotton candy?"

Photo Op - Day 51

Yay! More humiliating headgear!

Photo Op - Day 50

The ladies always dig a cool ride.

Photo Op - Day 49

The thing to focus on here is the crooked bow in her hair. Obviously.

Mr. Ken

I'm sure you've seen a post or two about Nick's resistance (putting it oh so mildly) to getting his hair cut. Well, 3-4 months ago Scott and I thought we'd give it another go at a salon. Scott took him to Great Clips and a guy named "Mr. Ken" cut his hair. He did fabulously. We were stunned. Where did this compliance come from? I suppose it didn't hurt that we bribed him w/ his toy of choice at Walmart.

So Mr. Ken has been his stylist for the last few months. Ask him and he'd be happy to tell you. School pictures were coming up and he needed a trim. Unfortunately, Mr. Ken was not available and one of the girls there had to do it. After the cut, she styled it per my request (a fauxhawk of sorts b/c the front was too blunt.) I wish you could have seen the look on Nick's face and heard his howl of indignation.

"What did you do to my hair?! I've got crazy hair now!! What? What? What did you do?!" I tried to explain to him that his hair looked cool. His response was, "crazy hair is not cool!!"

The stylist could not stop laughing, and neither could everyone else in the salon. When Scott fixed Nick's hair for school the next morning, he immediately put water on it and brushed it down. The following day was picture day. I asked him to let me style his hair. Once pictures were over he wouldn't have to wear the crazy hair anymore. As soon as we arrived, all the teachers and moms told him how cool his hair looked. I'm quite certain he could not have walked around w/ his chest puffed out any higher. He has not complained about his hair since. Although we have not styled the fauxhawk now that the "bangs" look better. If you ask him who cuts his hair now, he'll say, "that woman."

Mealtime

It's been kind of slow going for Abby in regards to baby food. I told you she's not a real big eater to begin with. Good thing right now it's mainly to practice. She does have moments where she will take big bites. Mostly she moves it around her mouth before spitting it back out. Here are a couple pictures of her trying out cereal for the first time and a video of her trying green beans for the first time. Notice in the video how interested Nick was w/ the situation.

Photo Op - Day 48

Doing a little laundry.

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Wonder what she's thinking about?