Mr. Bear

Cora loves all stuffed animals, even if they're as big as she is.

Faces for the Camera

Kickin' Back

Cora likes to put her feet up.

Vienna Boys' Choir

A friend of mine invited me to watch the Vienna Boys' Choir with her tonight, since her husband had to work so she had an extra ticket. It was AMAZING. If you ever get the opportunity to watch them, you should go. They are currently touring the US, check out their schedule.

I can't even begin to describe how awesome this performance was. I highly recommend it, if you can.

The New Favorite Hat

It is too small and there is only one. But they love it.

A Very Ineffective Baby Gate

High Aspirations

Plumbing.

This was prior to the child safety lock installation (thanks, Ray). I am rapidly developing a love/hate relationship with child safety locks. I love that they keep my children out of places my children are supposed to stay out of. I hate that they keep me out of places my children are supposed to stay out of.

Gotta Love Spaghetti

More of Cora's Hair

Here are a few pictures of some different versions of the style I call a french ponytail.


It's crazy to me how much hair Cora has. She does sit quite well for me, as long as I let her play with a comb and the spray bottle.

Why I don't give the girls matching hair more often:

Need a closer look?

Here's Ruby:
And Cora:

Another comparison of the amount of hair:









When Ray saw Ruby like this he said, "Ruby has enough hair for two ponytails now." Sort-of. Poor Ruby just looks so bald compared to Cora.

Matching Outfits

After I had Ruby dressed and she was playing with her doll I noticed they were matching.

Ta-DA!

Okay, this was right after I took the curlers out. It was a little too much Shirley Temple for me. Here's a comparison:I really did like how the back turned out.
The front, on the other hand, had issues. I had a couple of tries that turned out okay, but just felt too messy to me.












Then there were the just plain failures:
Finally, I came up with this:
Not bad. But way too much effort for me. I like easy hair. I still don't think a curling iron purchase is anywhere in my near future. (I know, in many ways a curling iron would be much easier than the foam rollers, but straight is still easier.)

My husband's opinion was, "It's better than straight hair." Thanks, dear, glad to know how you feel about my hair. (Then again, this came from the same guy who thinks big bangs look good.)

Kinda funny sidenote: I had to borrow the headband from the girls because I don't have any. Don't worry, the headband is way too big for the girls right now, but it was in the stuff I'd been given at my baby shower.

This post is dedicated to Mindy, since she wanted to see my hair curled.

Curly Girlies

Mommy and Cora with matching hair. :-)
Here was my attempt to get all three of us in the same picture. Didn't work so well.
Please note that Ruby has exactly two curlers falling out of her hair. Cora had six and they actually stayed in.

AND THE RESULTS ARE:

Ruby's not so curly hair. This was right after I took the curlers out. An hour later, or so, you couldn't even tell it had ever been curled. I tried.











But look how good Cora's turned out. It stayed curly, too.











Stayed tuned for the results from my hair...

Great Book

I just finished reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. I LOVED this book. I highly recommend it. Very highly. I wish it went on, or had a sequel. It is that good.

Mommy's Little Helpers

They love to sweep. And I just might encourage such behavior.
Really I just hope it lasts long enough for them to actually be helpful. Having their own brooms means they don't want mine, but they do want to sweep the EXACT same spot I am sweeping.

Today, while I was getting something else out of the broom closet, Ruby spotted her broom. She got her broom, then handed Cora a broom, then went back in to grab my broom for me. So we swept. My floors have never been swept so often. :-)

Lookin' at the world in 3D

Thanks for the picture, Ethne.