CRAZY Hair Day

It's Spirit Week at school and today was CRAZY HAIR day. I think it's safe to say that our expectations were met. 

Lily asked for a ponytail that stuck straight up and was covered in bows. There isn't even a bow left in our box!

Kaylee didn't know what she wanted. This is what we came up with. I tried to convince her to leave her braids sticking straight out so she had helicopter hair (see below) but she wanted them twisty. I still think it's pretty cute. Then we started talking about birthday cakes (for some reason) and she decided she wanted candles in her hair.  So here is her firecracker 'do. 

Helicopter Hair

Mallory cried when we went out the door because her "crazy hair" wasn't fixed yet. We did hers as soon as we got home from taking the big girls to school. She asked me to do "two braids that stick out like Lily's". 

Riley goes to school later than the other girls and she wanted to wait to do her hair so that she could play and not mess it up. Smart girl. She was also a fan of Lily's hair except she wanted "a ribbon that twists all the way around and a bow on top". 

We had so much fun fixing their hair today. We laughed and giggled the whole time. These silly girls are the best.

 I'm so happy they are brave enough to do this kind of stuff. Kaylee has never done crazy hair day (or crazy anything day) because she is so shy and she does not like to draw attention to herself. Lucky for her, she has a sister who was somehow blessed with an I-don't-care-what-people-think-I-just-want-to-have-fun personality and it has helped Kaylee break free from her shy chains many times throughout her little life. I am SO THANKFUL that Lily isn't too self  conscious to do these silly things. I would have never done this as a child and Michael wouldn't have either because we were both so painfully shy! I have no idea how Lily was fortunate enough to skip out on that gene but it has been of great benefit to her and her sisters!

ahhhh, I love my family

a post

We decided to take some cute pictures a few days ago. And cute they are. I love these kiddos.

ps. can you tell that we have a thing for stripes?

so stylish

This is what Lily wore to school today. I almost tried to talk her out of it because I would never dress her in this outfit, but then I decided to be grateful that she enjoys dressing herself and accessorizing. Someday she'll get it:)

She got a little nervous when we pulled up to the school and wanted to take her hat off. I told her it looked super cute and that I was so happy she was brave enough to wear it. She left it on but only ended up wearing it for part of the day because she said that some of the kids were laughing at her. Darn them.

I love this cute, pink, girly princess and I'm glad she's mine.

a good night

Lily falling asleep while reading Harry Potter made me really happy tonight for about 2.5 minutes.

Then Mallory peed her pants and left a giant puddle on our unfinished wood stairs.

 Matthew screamed and cried and threatened to fall down said stairs the whole time I cleaned the treads and bathed Mallory.

Oh, well. At least I get to go to bed now.

Just kidding! I still have a dishwasher to load and about 15 loads of laundry to fold.

The end

delight

My Mallory. 

Yes, she really is this delightful all the time. It's a pleasure and a joy to be her mother!

We were on our way to the grocery store one evening and I couldn't help but notice how beautiful the light was. I turned my car around and got my camera from my house. Mallory was more than happy to oblige to an impromptu photo shoot. Here are a million photos of the most darling toddler in all the universe (messy hair and all).