The Great Hair Cut Post
So, I’ve been meaning to post this for several weeks now. Ever since Tom tried to cut his own hair. I’ll get to that in a little bit. First, I’m going to start with cute.
It doesn’t get much cuter than this.
Here’s a side view.
And here he is in all his cuteness after his hair cut. Still loads and loads of cute.
Next is Noah. You can say it. He was looking pretty shaggy. He’s had long hair like this for a couple of years now. He likes it. I like it. But today, he surprised me by telling me he wanted it short, like Joe. His wish is my command! But first, a couple of before shots.
And now….
Quite a change, right?? Joe and Emily got their hair cut a while back, and I thought, since I’m doing a post on hair cuts, I’d show them, too.
Taken today, even though his hair cut was a few weeks ago. It’s actually grown out quite a bit. He was not happy with how short I cut it, but I was using new clippers and didn’t realize how short I was going. His hair grows really, really fast, though, so I wasn’t worried about it. Plus, we all had fun rubbing his fuzzy head.
Emily got hers cut before her trip to Costa Rica. I didn’t cut it. She doesn’t entrust me with her most prized possession – her hair.
She got a lot cut off.
And now, if you’ve stuck around this long, you are about to be rewarded. See, Tom thought he could just take care of his own hair cut. He did a fair job on the front/top. But as you can see, he had a bit of trouble with the back.
And my fix. It’s much, much shorter in the back than I usually cut it. You can kind of see his tan line to see how long it usually is. Plus, now we get a nice view of his stork bite birth mark. Fortunately, Joe got his fast growing hair from his Dad. So, this will grow back pretty quickly.
Princess Olivia
Our church had a princess party. It was for all little girls from preschool up to, I don’t know, somewhere in elementary school? So, Olivia got all dolled up in princess gear. Really, it was just a dress. But she was sure cute! Then Tom took her to the party (because I’d been out running errands all day and just wanted to stay home. He’s such a good daddy). Here are a bunch of snaps he took at the party. There was coloring, tatooing (bet you didn’t know princesses all have tatoos), and cupcakes.
Ian’s Haircut {Photopress}
I know I said yesterday that I didn’t want to force him to get a haircut. But, it was just getting so shaggy!! But, I’m still not one for forcing someone to do something where I am holding something sharp, unless it’s a needle and it’s for factor. So, I resorted to bribery. He ate about 3/4 a package of Starburts while I cut. Olivia snuck in there and ate the other 1/4.
This is just before we started. He’s looking pretty forelorn about the whole thing. Really, he was just irritated I was making him wait for the candy while I took his before picture.
The official before picture, since his head was cut off in the other one.
And after. RIGHT after, as you can see, his clippings are still on his shirt. Couldn’t get them brushed off, so just had to change shirts.
After we changed shirts. I wanted him to look at me, but he couldn’t keep his eyes off the package with the last Starbust in it. It was sitting on the counter, right beside where I was standing. Don’t mind the blue on his face. That’s what happens when you shove candy in so fast, you miss.
Now he’s checking himself out in the mirror. He’s not really making a face at himself. He’s chewing. Those Starbursts are chewy and take some effort. Shortly after this, he decided to look at the chewed up Starburst in his mouth. I’ll spare you those pictures.
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Here are pictures from Hannah’s birthday celebration.
Waiting patiently for Jonah to go hunt down Noah, who was off in the neighborhood playing with a friend.
Her pile of loot!
Ian thinks he’s quite the reader already. This is a postcard sent to Hannah from her orthodontist.
This is a very cool gift from Grandma Judy. She put together a photo book that included many of the things she’s saved from Hannah over the years, starting with her birth announcement. There are pictures, cards and other mementos. It’s really just a gorgeous idea. She sent one to Emily last year, too. Just fantastic!
Ian really is quite convinced that any gift opening is his business to be involved in. Thankfully, Hannah was patient and accomodating to his desires.
What’s really funny about this picture is that all she’s seen at this point is a plain, white box. She seems very excited about that box.
That box contained an outfit that looks totally cute on her. I suppose I should take a shot of her wearing it. I’ll try and get to that. Next, she opened at dry erase calendar board. She specifically asked for this. Not sure why, but she asked and G&G Rainer delivered. She also got two books that she’s very excited to read, and some markers to go with her calendar.
This is the bottom part of another very cute outfit. This one from G&G Kramer. They also sent her an emerald ring that she loves.
This may seem a strange gift for an 11 year old girl, but she requested it. Along with the dart board we gave her. When we last visited Aunt Darcy and Uncle Lance, Uncle Lance took her out to play with a bow and arrows. She REALLY enjoyed it, and Uncle Lance was sure to tell us how great she did for her first time out. She’s been talking about archery ever since. So, we located a youth set for her. Now we just need to locate a safe place for her to practice.
Now the cake. My archery lovin’, dart throwin’ daughter chose to have a pink cake. She didn’t ask for pink. She asked for strawberry icing. She got pink. I’ve never made a layer cake before, and was quite happy with how this one turned out. I’m also quite happy to have a lens that gives me such a shallow depth of field, so you can’t really see all the junk on the counter behind the cake.
Hannah with her cake.
This is my favorite picture of the day. Just love it in black and white. I’m also loving all the muscles in her arms. This kid is built for sports.
Pink on the outside, but yummy chocolate on the inside!! Incidentally, pink and brown is my favorite color combination, so I really like the way this cake looks.
After all of the celebrating, she wanted to try out her new dartboard.
Pretty darn good for her first throw!!
Finally, after seeing all we gave to Hannah, I thought I needed to show her what she’s given me. I’ll share with you, too.
I think I’d like to return this gift.
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This is what Tom looks like now that he’s 36. SUCH and old man!!! Hm. Maybe I should have made him gray in Photoshop or something. :o)
Once I took a picture of Daddy, Ian insisted I take one of him. It’s only fitting that “picture” be one of the early words that he’s mastered.
I’m not so sure the choice of packaging is appropriate here. Ok. Just kidding. :o) The box doesn’t matter. Just going to recycling. But it is probably the only picture that will ever exist of Tom opening a box marked Dell.
Ian is totally into opening presents. He was very excited to be right there, helping Daddy.
Yeah. More laundry to wash. But that’s ok. Anything for my metroman!
It’s actually a very cool shirt, and amazingly enough, he didn’t have along sleeved navy shirt. I thought he had everything by now. I was wrong.
Yeah!!! They DO have cuffs!!
When you’re a kid, it’s all about the presents. But, when you grow up, you actually READ the cards.
Ian finally getting in on the action. Yes, I know there is marker on his leg. We did it on purpose. It’s to distract you from all the ugly bruises. Really.
Ian is reading the card, too. That’s right. Our 2 year old can read. OK. So maybe not. Maybe he’s just looking at the pictures.
The kids have developed a tradition. See, they don’t actually have jobs where they earn money. So, they will find something of their own, wrap it up and give it to the current birthday person. This one is from Hannah.
Cool snowflake chain. We are glad this is the only kind of snow we are seeing anymore this season.
You can see all around him, the things the kids made for and gave to Daddy. This is an airplane that was delivered by air mail, from Noah. I tried to take a shot of the plane coming in for a landing. Tom had a funny look on his face, and he missed the catch. However, the low light capabilities of my camera are stinky and I refuse to use flash, so it didn’t turn out.
Tonight, we are having stuffed shells, and Pioneer Woman’s Olive Cheese Bread for dinner. He will get his gift from us then, too. I’m not telling!! You’ll have to wait for the pictures sometime this weekend…..I hope.
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I really need to just take more fun pictures of the kids. So, this is the first of what I hope to be a regular occurrence – a photo post. These will just consist of a series of shots showing some activity that is happening in the Rainer household. This was Olivia and Ian playing outside. Olivia was riding her new bike that we got for $11 on clearance. Woo hoo! She was VERY excited to have her very own 2 wheeler, even if it really has 4 wheels counting the training wheels. I predict by summer’s end, she’ll be riding like a pro.
