Leah, the Beautician

This past Saturday, Ryan was going out in the evening to attend a show with his brother. A couple of hours before he left I decided to take a nap. About an hour into my slumber, Leah came in and jumped on the bed and said "Time to wake up Mommy!"

Through my sleepy eyes I noticed something about her that didn't seem quite right...

"Leah?" I said.

"Yes Mama?" she sang.

"Come here, honey...let me look at you...what did you do?"

She grinned from ear to ear, the mischief dancing in her eyes. She tilted her head in her cutest "I can do no wrong" pose and whispered..."nothing"...

She came closer and I realized what she'd done. In place of what used to be whispy blond curls that reached her shoulders were butchered chunks of not-much-longer-than eye lashes hair. I gasped in horror.


She gave no reason for doing it. I think she was probably just bored. I hated the thought of having her hair cut short to try to hide the problems, but there was just NO WAY she'd be able to keep it as it was.

When I got home from work, she came running to me saying "MOMMY MOMMY! LOOK AT MY NEW HAIR!!!!



As luck would have it, she's adorable either way!

Out of the Mouths of Babes...

At dinner tonight, we were discussing our days. Leah had a particularly rough one since she had gone for a walk with Rusty and Ryan and had fallen into the creek! As she was recounting her day, Ryan said "It was a long day, wasn't is?" and with a big sigh she said "Yes! Let's take each other's hands and pray". So, we did. "Thank you God for my family who I love so much and I am so glad to be at home!"

Just when I thought I couldn't be more proud she piped up again and said "Mommy, can I have some more cauliflower please?"

Music to my ears!

Chillin' With Poppie!

My dad came to visit us on April 5 and stayed for a week (which means he left this morning :( )to help us out after Ryan and I were both recovering from our perspective surgeries. We had a great time and here are some of the highlights:

Poppie is not really an American Idol fan, but he had to pretend a little since this is an Idol household...


Even though I couldn't eat...it was still fun to watch:


We visited the 5 and dime called Viddler's in East Aurora:


And, of course, we visited lots of family, like Grandma Virginia and Grandpa Vinny:



And, of course, lots of cruising around in Poppie's van...without a care in the world!


Thanks so much for coming to help us out this week, Poppie! We sure enjoyed having you here and getting to spend lots of time with you! We love you and miss you so much already! See you in June!