We had a nice day today. BabyGirl slept straight through last night from 9:30 until 7:15, so we were all better rested. But I wasn’t prepared when JediBoy demanded an Art Project immediately after breakfast! So I sent him to wash up, and I plopped our empty plastic grape basket down on the table. When he came back, I said, “Here’s your art project!” And here’s what he did with it:
He painted the outside with his kids’ paint-in-a-bottle and cut a hole in the top for his straw and construction paper flag. I think it was a castle. BabyGirl was busy too…
She was playing with, and chewing on, her Crayola Beginnings markers. These are marketed as great first markers for toddlers, and she loves the roly poly animal shapes. But they’re built upside-down. She really finds it easier to grab the narrow top and rub the wide base on the paper - which makes no marks at all except on her hands! Not the best design.
We read a lot today - JediBoy read aloud a whole bunch of Disney Pooh. I put away laundry, assisted by both children, which meant it took eight times longer than if I did it alone. But they always have fun helping. JediBoy and I read some books about nature and played the Labyrinth card game while BabyGirl took her nap.
Then it was finally time for a haircut. If you’ve been watching JediBoy’s hair over the months, you might be able to tell that he hasn’t had a haircut since before we left for Guatemala. It was very long - the longest he’s ever had it.
This doesn’t even show the full length in the back, but he’s never had hair in his eyes before. (He was basically bald until he was about 18 months old, and was almost 3 before he had his first haircut.) He was very friendly with the stylist and let her cut it pretty short!
I didn’t think about this until I saw this photo, but we’ve been watching a lot of NCIS on DVD lately. He totally got a Gibbs cut, didn’t he? He thought he looked good, but asked me how he could make it spiky. So we stopped at Target (I needed a few things anyway - don’t we always need a few things?) and bought him some gel. Here’s the result…
Yup, he doesn’t look like Gibbs anymore!
We had a nice dinner out with Aunt R. and then went over to the bookstore with her, where we met Leigh and company for books & cookies. JediBoy spent about half an hour curled up with Aunt R. in a comfy chair reading with her - they’d take turns each reading a page. It was a pretty comfy day all around.
