Hair style for the week

At a later post I plan to share the recipe for the muffins they are eating...I kind of made them up, and boy are they a hit.


Tuks showing me her style


Beauty!!!

Upon the suggestion of a previous commenter, I am alternating weeks between puffs and braids. This week is puffs. I like how simple and lovely it looks.


Front


middle, Ve making a goofy face because I am taking her picture.


back, I noticed the side view shows the parts better, but Oh well you will have to use your imagination...I'm not sure why I try these back pictures because they never really show the hair style well. There are actually two green ponys in her hair you just can't see it for some reason. Six total puffs.

Now we are off to try out an in-home Sunday night bible study in which the kids are allowed to attend...I'll let you know how it goes.

Milestones

This morning on the way home from church Ve was spelling her name, the name I gave her, in English, and she was correct on all 5 letters and in the correct order. Plus I have attached three of her pieces of work that she brought home from school several weeks ago. She couldn't hold a scissors, let alone use one when she came home December 13.











The girls ready for church. Yes, I did ask them to stand against the wall for me.


Later today I will style Ve's hair for the week.

But I have a question, I have yet to get her hair trimmed since coming home. Should I to repair the damaged ends, or at least I think the ends are damaged...

FFF - Melt

The year Tuks came home we experienced incredible hot temperatures and since we don't have AC in our home, we were feeling the effects for about a week. We were melting in the high heat and humidity. These photos also honor Isaac, my sweet Dobe who passed away a year ago Feb. 17th. Sorry about the photos, blogger is flipping them for some reason..any suggestions on that?






see other FFF here

Sunday Tradition

Once Tuks was older I started to make more elaborate meals in hopes of getting her to eat an all around diet. Since she was still so young she didn't eat much, and then she turned 2 - 3 and became picky in her chosen foods. Then Ve came home, and I had renewed hope in making even more elaborate meals. If you have read the previous posts you would quickly surmise that Ve is a picky eater, but getting better every day.

One Sunday, many weeks ago, about 4 or more after a day of sledding, Tuks suggested a supper of Popcorn, cheese and apple, a meal not totally made up by Tuks since we had this meal periodically before. Being exhausted, I said sure, it sounded like a well balanced meal to me, and so we ate it with out any fuss or resistance from either girl.

Fast forward to the present, it has now become a ritual and tradition for our Sunday supper. We all really like it. The mainstays are popcorn, apples, cheese, and then we add a various things like sausage, banana ETC., while I am making the popcorn and cutting the other foods, Tuks and Ve are moving the kids plastic table and chair into the living room. The place we eat this Sunday meal...I guess you can say we have created a new, yet simple tradition that we all love.

Grounds Hogs Day

and Phil saw his shadow, so six more weeks of winter, which puts us almost 1 week away from March 21st, the official first day of Spring.

Today was sooo much colder than yesterday. That is a downer.

I was almost giddy all day yesterday and I had to keep talking myself down by injecting reality into my mind by reminding my giddy up and go brain that we had many days of winter left.

BUT then I saw these




while checking out chicken supplies at Fleet Farm, and my heart started going all pitter patter, my step became lighter all the while I was dreaming of my 60'x 8' garden that I am planning to grow this summer.....I love dreaming of summer, gardening, and now our baby chicks....

So to Phil, I say "Get back in your D*** hole and keep your mouth shut, and then your shadow won't be an issue"

Red Stars are the bomb for egg laying

I am looking in purchasing 5 of these this spring for egg laying. They will complement my vegetable garden in providing fresh homemade food. No, I won't kill them, just eat and sell their eggs, which sounds like they could lay many. Where will I put them?? In the caging that I had the golden eagle in. I had placed him with another licenced bird educator about 3 weeks ago. I miss him, but was tired of buying so many rats. I still have the red-tailed hawk who is 17 years old and the great horned owl because she vocalizes so much and I love her calls. Don't worry, they are in different caging.



from a Hatchery

"We have finally found the sex link BROWN EGG LAYER that meets our strict specifications; easy to raise, lays large brown eggs, and has a good feed conversion ratio. A "sex-link" chicken is one, which at time of hatch, can be sexed by its color. RED STAR: These hens will mature with feathers that are reddish brown with flecks of white throughout. The males are all white with nice yellow skin. (They will not retain the same characteristics in future.) At approximately 22 weeks these hens will start to lay and lay they will. We're sure this hardy bird will become a favorite of yours as it lays eggs right through hot or cold weather. No wonder it's called the Red Star."

Hair styling by a dummy

Hair has never been that important to me. I should clarify and state I mean hair styles. Even when I was a kid growing up through all the teen stuff, the best I would do is perm or use a curling iron to put a few curls in at the sides of my head. The sides never matched, one curled easy and held longer than the other side. I have fine hair, but a lot of it, so very thick.. Any one who knows me or has met me in person already knows this about. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out. My main goal with hair styles on myself is to keep the hair out of my eyes at all costs. I CAN NOT stand not being able to see what I am doing. So all these fancy stylish hair dos with the front longer than the back doesn't work for me. I have tried them from time to time, but they don't last long.

I tell you all this because I was/am willing to put myself out, way out of my comfort zone in having two daughters, and now I see it will be three who want/need their hair styled and fussed over. I have given myself a long break, the last month or so, taking it easy on yourself. Style Ve's hair one week at a time, with the knowledge that each week I would challenge myself more and more with more difficult styles.

Two weeks ago I ordered from Steph at Snapaholics and along with my order she was more than generous with beads, threaders, bandannas, hair boppers etc., as a gift to my girls. They arrived this week, and it was easily the cutest sight watching the girls as I opened each and every package. One would have thought it was Christmas morning all over again. I unloaded them into plastic bins that I had purchased from Fleet Farm (great advice from Mandy)




So today, the hair styling day, I attempted to style Ve's and Tuks (she, of course won't be left out) hair with beads.

The results:


One 1/2 hours, 10 minutes late for church, two broken threaders, an acquired skill for snaps, one bleeding fingernail (mine), still no hang of threading the small beads, but accomplished on the large beads later I was done. I WAS exhausted, mentally that is. I have read all these wonderful posts of great hair styles, but for some reason I haven't seen a post on the early in training styles. Well that is what this post is all about.



Both styles


Ve's tyle

Excuse Tuks windblown hair. Since we were having a heatwave today (it is in the 30's and that feels mighty warm, believe me) neighbor A took the girls to feed the ducks after church today, and it was WINDY!! Tuks hair is real fine, and it is hard to keep the braids and beads in. It is only 12:32 and she has only one braid left since the other fell out.

If you look real closely, you will notice that Ve has corn particles stuck in her hair from the duck feeding. Me, the dummy didn't think about the corn getting blown and yes, then stuck (due to the gels) in her hair...like I said, I am the hair stylist dummy. I have so much to learn.

I am a hair stylist in training,and let's be blunt, I HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING TO GO THROUGH until I can say with pride that I have arrived....

So I will take no offense if more seasoned hair stylist want to leave me tips or comments in how to perfect the styling, so it will go easier for me and the girls. You will be doing a great humanitarian work, by saving three little girls from the anguished process of their Mama attempting to style their hair, if you can help me out.