The circus elephant has lost its way.: First Haircut and Other Adventures

Em, who seems to think that the hairbrush is a machete, had her first haircut recently! This child, I swear, thinks I am going to kill her when I come toward her with a comb and ponytail holder. Every day, I fix her hair. Obviously, I have not killed her yet. Anyway, her little ringlets were getting tangly at the ends, so I took her down the hill to Amy (i.e. Auntie Fifi) who was nice enough to accommodate us at 8 on a Saturday morning. Em sat around the table and had a nectarine with her "sisters" and got a hair trim. Best. Salon. Ever.

Harper did this while Em got a haircut:

I work late a few nights a week, but sometimes the kids are still up when I get home. Such was the case one night this past week. Obviously I was happy to be home, and Em was happy to get to wait up for me. Right after this picture was taken, she fell off the couch and onto her head. We have not yet noticed any cognitive effects of her one millionth knock on the noggin.

Yesterday, I decided it was time to toss some toys and store others for Harper to use later. I have wondered many times since Em has been born exactly how long it would take before she caught on that "toy cleanup day" is directly related to her room looking much cleaner. The answer is exactly 23 months. Perhaps fewer, since this is the first Toy Cleanup we have had in a little while.

She responded like this:

Meanwhile, Harper is just happy to be here. Even though her light up musical mirror thing doesn't even work anymore.

Em enjoys helping with Harper/Forcibly feeding Harper a bottle. She looks partially annoyed/partially inconvenienced by this activity. Harper looks terrified.

Last weekend we decided to take Em to the Oak Mountain Fair. She couldn't have been more ecstatic.

But, she did enjoy the petting zoo, carousel, spinning dragon ride thing, and the giant lemonade we got there. Harper was pretty unimpressed by the whole thing, but was happy to be outside.