My handy work

   

Last week Chloe wanted to cut her hair short.  I asked her if she wanted to keep it long like Claire's and she said no, she wanted it short.  I was hoping that she didn't want to cut it because I can trim but I don't like to cut off more than an inch.  I was surprised that she didn't want to keep it like Claire's because she wants to do everything that Claire does.  So I got the scissors out and made the call to Casey to make sure he was ok with it.  He was ok with it as long as it was long enough to put into a ponytail, Chloe does look really cute with a ponytail.  So I made the first cut, probably a little too high because I usually have to go back and even it out a few times.  Plus Chloe's hair has a little curl to it so it gets shorter.  Half way through she decided she was done, well it doesn't work that way.  I had to put layers in because her hair is straight on top and curly on the bottom so it wouldn't look funny.  I just did what it looks like they are doing to me when someone is cutting my hair.  So there you go, you didn't know that I could cut hair like that did you?  Hey neither did I!  The second picture is me pleading with her to take her picture and this is what she gave me. Apparently she was really into whatever was on the tv at the time!

One less...

Chloe has had a really hard time with potty training in one area and I am tired of it.  Finally the other day after I had to clean up not only dirty underpants but it smeared on the floor as well, I lost it.  I called Casey and told him I couldn't handle it anymore.  Casey's call to action, get rid of a "night night".  See THIS post to see the significance of this.  He came home from work and took one and put it out in the garbage can.  I was having a hard time with it.  This was her comfort!  Chloe seemed ok and I about caved in when I was putting her to bed that night and she was crying saying, "Where is my other one."  The garbage came the next day and as it was sitting out on the street I was so tempted to go and grab it out.  I called Casey and told him what I was thinking and he thought I was crazy!  If it was up to him he would have gotten rid of both of them.  I have to admit that it is disgusting but she loves them more than anything, aside from her Claire Bear and the rest of us.  So, one is gone and it hasn't helped the potty situation at all.  Oh well, now we only have one wet stinky blanket around.  This picture was taken last week and it was with both of them. 

A Bittersweet Moment for Cade

Yesterday Cade was playing in a friend's backyard and bumped his head while bending over to pick something up and somehow his tooth fell out.  I can only assume that he bit down on it and it came out.  He was standing on the grass looking at it in his hand when his friend (who thought it was a bug) came and whacked it out of his hand.  Cade was NOT happy.  He was yelling at his friend and crying uncontrollably .  I felt so bad for him because it was only his second tooth that he lost.  Casey and I and another adult tried looking in the grass but since we weren't there when it happened we didn't know exactly where it happened and each time we asked the boys the story changed a little.  Luckily we were able to leave a note for the tooth fairy and she left a not back saying that she was able to find his tooth in their backyard and left some money.  He was very happy.  

A Kodak Moment

Looking at this picture, most of you probably wouldn't think of this as a Kodak moment.  With Claire wearing pants, jeans no less, and her hair in braids I had to take a pictures.  For those of you that don't know Claire very well, EVERY DAY she wears a dress unless she is doing an activity where she should wear pants.  This day she went to a birthday party where they were riding horses.  I convinced her that cowgirls wear braids, but it took awhile and she finally gave in.  If it were her choice she would wear her hair down tucked behind her ears.  Luckily she has beautiful hair so she can get away with it.  So, take a moment to look at this picture because it is an extremely rare occurrence.  

Happy Anniversary Las Vegas!

On November 1st, 6 years ago, Casey, Cade and I arrived in Las Vegas.  I can't believe that we have been here that long.  Next month we will have been in our house for 5 years.  This is the longest I have lived anywhere in my life.  We moved around a lot when I was growing up, I went to 6 elementary schools, 2 jr. high schools and 2 high schools.  Of course, once you go to college you are moving every year.  Even when I came home to Gilroy, my parents had moved to a different house that I lived in when I was in high school.  

I have loved Las Vegas and have many wonderful friends here, we are very lucky.  

Halloween has come and gone

I was ready for Halloween to be over before it was even here.  I did a really good job this year of not buying candy before Halloween because I knew I would eat it.  This year Cade was Spiderman, Claire was a witch and Chloe was Minnie Mouse.  We had a trunk or treat the night before with four HUGE wards so we had a ton of candy from that.  Casey didn't get to experience it with us because he was cooking for the 800+ people that were there.  I was really glad when we still had a few more rows of cars left and Cade said, "This is taking too long."  I was more than happy to stop.  Chloe got the most candy that night because there were so many kids there that people were just dropping candy in bags and not really looking and Chloe kept standing there and so she usually got a few at one stop.

Halloween day was Nevada Day so Cade didn't have school.  We went and visited a few people and then did a couple of streets in our neighborhood.  Our neighborhood is so funny because there are two cul-de-sacs that are happening with people walking the streets trying to scare people and haunted "garages" and then... there is our street, it is dead.  We only had a few trick or treaters so Casey had to give out handfuls to try to get rid of as much candy as possible.  The kids have already decided what they want to be next year so I have bought the girls costumes already.  

By the way, the things coming out of Cade's eyes are his eyelashes, not spiderwebs!  He couldn't wear his mask very long because he couldn't blink!