Month in Review - February 2010

This is our 2nd "Month in Review" post. If you'd like to take a look at January's, click here. :)



1. Painting Popcorn to Eat
2. Kiss Cards
3. Tissue/Contact Paper Hearts
4. Candy Cane Syrup
5. Paper Hand Flowers
6. My Vaentine's Day
7. Winter Snow Scene
8. Ruffle Butt Onesie
9. Digital Flower Garden
10. Burpcloth
11. "Valentine" Bracelets
12. Valentine Bed

I added a couple from February to January's review by accident, so I went ahead and added a couple from January to this month's ;) But in March I expect to be better ;)

Angel Hair for Kids

As you know from yesterday's post, Talia cut her own hair!

So, the morning after the incident, we headed to a local children's hair salon to have her hair re-cut. I have to say thanks to Tammy there who was so good with me (the traumatized Mamma) and with giving us time to make our decision.

So, about our decision... We got there, Talia sat on the "Clifford the Big Red Dog" chair and started watching her Dora Snow Princess DVD when Tammy started to explain the options for her haircut.

We could trim it & have a couple of random chunks that were shorter, we could trim it and add layers (this would have been my choice had we not done what we did). And just to be clear on all the options at hand, I said, "Or we could just cut it to the length she cut it to in the front."

"Yeah, but that would be a HUGE change," said Tammy... and then, "....or you could cut off 10 inches and donate it to Angel Hair for Kids*..."

My mom and I turned to look at each other & in a moment we were fanning our faces, trying not to cry. If you've been reading for a while, you might remember my post about the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life, and how my younger sister battled Cancer. She was diagnosed around the time I found out I was pregnant with Talia.

I remember what it was like to watch her lose her hair. I remember the wig she wore. And I remember all of the feelings involved with watching someone I loved go through that.

I did have to think about it for a bit (I sure loved Talia's long hair ;), but once the decision was made, I felt good about it. When Tammy was ready to start, Taila turned around & said, "Is my hair done now?" :) She switched to the pink car for a change of scenery, and we began...

Here we are after the first cut.
So this is how we ended up with a happy ending. I'm so glad Talia left enough hair to be donated and that it was long enough to do so. Now when I look at Talia and her shorter hair, I won't be thinking so much about her stinker moment of hiding under the table with scissors- I'll be thinking of a little girl somewhere who lost her hair and whose parents couldn't afford to buy a wig. And of how Angel Hair for Kids will present her with a wig, and she'll be able to wear a bit of my girl's hair, and be comforted a little.

Turns out she's pretty cute like this,
and this morning I put her hair in pigtails again- it was great! :)
We haven't done that in a long time!*Angel Hair for Kids™ is a program of A Child’s Voice Foundation that provides wigs and hair loss solutions to financially disadvantaged children who have lost their hair due to a medical condition or treatment. Using hair that is generously donated to the program, wigs and hair systems are created and provided to children in need at no cost to their families.

She Cut Her Hair

On Monday Talia gave herself a haircut.

It's never good when a 4 year old gives herself a haircut.

But please understand that my 4 year old has hair so long we have to hold it out of the way when she goes potty.

So, you can imagine the way my stomach seemed to plummet when I saw this:

We had been preparing her for the fact that we would be getting her hair cut soon, and explaining that cutting your hair a little bit helps it to stay healthy. She claims she did it to make it healthy. She claims that her inspiration came from Mulan. She claims.

I don't buy it. I was very careful to explain the details. I was very careful to explain, after watching Mulan, that we should never do what Mulan did. I was very careful to explain that only a person who works at a "hair cutting place" should cut our hair, etc, etc.

Do not be fooled by the expression in the above photos- this girl was bouncing off the walls, giddy with excitement after cutting her hair!! The above photos were taken after a serious explanation of how wrong it was to do that (I felt it was important to instill remorse or else I could only expect more 4-year-old hair cuts... on herself, on her sister....

Admittedly, it could have been worse. This is something that can be salvaged. Thank goodness she didn't get closer to the root than she did. Thank goodness she didn't chop off the bangs we had been growing out.

Oh, Talia, this is one to remember.

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Check out tomorrow's post: Angel Hair for Kids, to hear the rest of the story!

Homemade Tortillas

Ken served a mission for 2 years for our church, in Mexico, when he was 19. While there he acquired a tortilla press. He & Talia got the chance to put it to use a few days ago and made tortillas for the family.


Talia had fun for sure and Ken enjoyed making a Mexican breakfast for us & giving us tips on how the Mexicans use their tortillas :)

Poll... More Posts on Blogging Tips?

I posted a little blogging tip/tutorial yesterday. Would any of you be interested in seeing more posts like that? Just wondering if it would be worthwhile or not. If you could take a second to vote in the poll, I would really appreciate it! Thanks!

Oh yeah, & if there's something specific you're wondering about or would like to see a post on, leave a comment & tell me about it!



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Monday Moments #8

Talia: Where is the chocolate that I got from Herod?

Me: From who?

Talia: From Herod.

Ken: From Spencer?

Talia: No, not that one- the one I got from Herod!

(Ken & I look at each other with confused expressions & then Ken figures it out)

Ken: Talia, his name is Jared.

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Me, while cooking, having lost sight of the girls: Talia, are you with Katrina?

Talia: Yes. She's in the bathroom.
(and then, triumphantly) But she's NOT eating the toilet water.

Okay, then...
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Katrina has started blowing on her food. It's hilarious because she tends to whistle when she does it! :)