No Hair Stress

Skeptical yet curious

We went to Edy's to get all of Eva's hair cut.  Let me just set the scene for a moment.  We pulled into the lot and their was one spot left.  We parked, got out of the car and went into the back door.  Now, Eva had been here before many of times watching me, dad and sisters get their hair cut. So we are going in and a gentleman is filling peanut M&Ms into the nail area candy jar for patrons, the nail artist is cleaning her supplies at the sink and then around the corner, an elderly lady is getting her hair permed.  All three hair consultants were talking with each other, two did not have clients.  We took our jackets off and placed them onto the waiting chairs.  Edy asked me if I thought Eva would have any trouble and of course I said "no, she'll be just fine".  She had asked Shilah to cut Eva's hair.  I looked at Eva and said "come on, lets get your hair cut" in such a peppy, cheerleader kind of fashion.  She looked at me, the booster in the chair, turned around and walked to the nail area.  Then proceeded to squat down in the corner.  Their was no convincing her that getting a hair cut was good.  Edy then decided to sidetrack her thinking and was asked to go get a piece of candy.  She shyfully walked up to that gentlemen, looked at him and signed /said "ee, peez". He said 'oh, you want some candy, I have plenty.' She took one, only one red piece.  Then when she turned around, she saw that I was in the chair now and asking her to come sit with me.  After just a little hesitation, she joined me.  Shilah placed a smock around me and then around her then grabbed her water bottle and just started spraying Eva's head.  It startled her so bad that Eva hit the bottom of my lip with her head.  Such a sensory kiddo.  Finally, thank goodness, she started cutting.  Eva sat on my lap and watched in the mirror the whole time and never moved, ever.  It was awesome.  When she was finished, she got down off of my lap and walked right up to the gentleman with the candy and signed/said "mo, peez".  She reached in that candy and grabbed about five.  All in all, we got her hair all one length now - hooray! 


"Say Cheese"

Our Snow Day

Love at first snow...

We have quite a storm today with at least eight inches of snow and it is still falling hard.  Instead of a nap, we let Eva play in the snow.  She was very irritated with the boots Scott made her put on, but, when she got outside, she was touching, stomping, kicking, jumping, and absolutely loving the snow.  I had just done the driveway with the blower and she would have a running start right into the foot tall edging and ultimately just fall into it.  She was such a daredevil too.  We have a very slight slope in our driveway.  Well, the snow was coming down so fast that it was covered quickly again.  I grabbed the sleds, then Eva and finally placed her in my lap and we slowly went down the driveway.  She signed "more" with the biggest smile on her face.  Then I decided to have her go solo on her belly.  Oh my gosh, she absolutely loved it!  We played outside for at least two hours.  So happy we skipped the nap - their so overrated on days like this anyway!