zoe's first haircut!

Zoe has been asking for a haircut, so we finally did it tonight after bath. She sat nice the whole time :)

Before...


During...
After...






She's happy! So am I; it looks pretty cute!

zoe's dresser

This dresser used to belong to my Grama Sally, and probably most of my aunts and uncles...there is one drawer with the name "Susan" engraved in the face of it :) Zoe needed a dresser, so we brought it out to Montana with us and I gave it a face lift. I took the knobs off and sanded it down, then primed and painted it. Too personalize it, I added some pale green stripes to the sides (Zoe likes stripes...maybe she's part zebra? she finds them soothing, and exciting too). I also added some glass knobs to sweeten it up.







I think it turned out pretty good. Ava wants one like it so we're searching for another inexpensive dresser that needs a little love. I've got a bunch of other projects going on too, lots of updating :) I miss having a garage, I can only do these sanding painting projects when the weather cooperates....snow is not helping!

snow!

Being from Minnesota, I've trudged through snow up to my knees to trick-or-treat as a kid, but this is September!!! We got a couple inches of snow on Friday! Most if it melted by evening and today its 62 degrees :) I'm not ready for winter! (ever!)

going on a treasure hunt...

this one's for you Sue...

going on a treasure hunt
x marks the spot with a circle and a dot
big boulders
little boulders
cool breeze
tight squeeze
bugs crawling up your back
water streaming down your back
gotcha!

My aunt Sue does treasure hunt; the girls are addicted and ask for a treasure hunt before bed every night. :) Zoe has the whole thing memorized, except she changed blood to water somehow...hey it fits too!

Uh-huh!

"All the kindergartners are here, uh-huh!"

Ava's class does this cheer in the morning when everyone in class is at school :)

Gymnastics!

Ava and Zoe started gymnastics last week and they LOVE it! Ava decided she wanted to try gymnastics this year and just do her own dances at home ;) (They both wear about 14 outfits daily on the weekends...leotards, old dance costumes, dress-up clothes, tap shoes, ballet shoes, tutus, you name it!...and then they put on dance shows for us) :)

Ava's getting ready to hop off the beam

Ava's class is first and so Zoe had to wait a whole hour for her turn! She must have asked at least 30 times, "Is it my turn now?" She was SO excited to start! She practiced "balancing" back and forth on that white line over and over until it was her turn. She loves her teacher Miss Cassie and tries to sit right next to her and stand right next to her any chance she gets. It was funny, when they were done with one activity, Miss Cassie said, "okay everyone, follow me" and she turned around and walked backward to make sure all the little ones were following. So, what does Zoe do? She turned around and walked backward too!