Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Just Call Me "Buzz"

Connor needed a haircut.  He was cute, but a little shaggy.
 

So I decided to give him one yesterday.  It's summer, so I thought it might be a good idea to use the clippers on the back part of his head to get it shorter and keep him cooler, right?

Apparently, he's scared of the clippers.  And when little boys are scared of clippers and mom puts them on the back of their head, they tend to jerk.

Needless to say, I had to call my favorite stylist in the whole wide world to save us.

Thanks so much, Brandi!  We love you!
(And I still don't understand why Connor is scared of me with clippers but not you...)

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Better Late Than Never...

What an eventful June we've had!  The last two weeks have been C-R-A-Z-Y.  Fortunately I took a few pics along the way so I haven't completely forgotten what we did.

The biggest deals of the month were Connor's and Olivia's birthdays.  Connor's birthday was the 19th, which this year fell the Saturday before Father's day.  Olivia's was the next day, June 20th, which was actually ON Father's day.  (Coincidentally, Ben proposed to me on Father's Day, June 20th eleven years ago and Olivia was born exactly one year later.)

Needless to say, it was a hectic weekend.  But we managed to celebrate it all...

First I baked Connor a cake and invited some friends and neighbors over to share it with us on Sunday night.
  Unfortunately, I was trying a fancy new icing and it never did thicken up.  And since it was Sunday I wasn't going to the store to buy what I needed for backup, I simply dyed it green and poured it all over his cake anyway.  He didn't mind.

Then he opened a few presents...

...and blew out some candles.

Despite the melting icing the cake tasted pretty good, and I had no qualms about throwing the leftovers away.

Which was good, because on Tuesday we were having more cake and ice cream for Olivia's birthday party.  At least her cake turned out like we planned...

In case you can't tell, it's a pool with a diving board and floaties in it.  It seemed appropriate since she had a small pool party.  Note the wet hair.

They all had a great time, though.  And I must say, I think it's the easiest party I've ever done for her.  Oh, happy day!

Bubba Corn

We were grilling corn for dinner the other night, and when I shucked them I noticed something a little different about one of the ears of corn.


Notice how the outer ears of corn have small, neat, straight kernels.  The one in the middle?  Big and crooked.  Remind you of anything?

I didn't know they grew "Bubba" corn in Oklahoma...

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Toenails

Will someone please explain to my husband that it is not a crime to paint your son's toenails?

The poor boy can't understand that it's "just for girls", and when I'm painting mine and his sisters' nails, he is absolutely heartbroken if I don't paint his as well.


Besides, it was only one toe on each foot, and I did it in blue.  Very manly, don't you think?