Gwen's First Hair Cut

It's no secret that our kids take forever to grow hair. Tessa didn't even have her first hair cut until she was four! This week we did back to school hair cuts and we decided to trim Gwen's hair and give her some bangs to get some of her longer hair out of her eyes. She watched Adam and Tessa go before her, so she was ready for her turn! She sat so still and was so happy to have Aunt Jodi cut her hair! She's been telling everyone who asks about her hair, "Jodi cut it!" 

Princess Tessa

A couple of months ago, a friend of a friend contacted us and asked us if she could use Tessa as a model for her up and coming Etsy shop. She is an amazing seamstress and is making princess dresses for little girls. She thought Tessa would be the perfect model for her Anna dress. Tessa was thrilled to do it and I have to admit, I was excited too. What little girl doesn't want to be a princess?!

We met everyone for the photo shoot on Saturday evening and that was the first time we saw the dress. Thankfully, my measurements were good and it fit Tessa perfectly. She loved the dress and made the perfect Princess Anna!

 There were a lot of other girls and Tessa ended up being the last one that they got pictures of. It was a long evening, but I loved spending some quality time with our little Princess and she had fun just running around and being carefree. 

 Here are all the girls that were modeling all the different princess dresses. Getting them all in one shot was a challenge for the poor photographer!

 The highlight of the evening was when some unexpected visitors arrived and surprised these little girls! Ariel came first and you should have seen these girls! Oh my gosh! They were in princess heaven! Poor Arial couldn't even stand up cause everyone wanted to touch her and talk to her. 

 Tessa couldn't wipe the smile off of her face. 

 Then, the girls noticed Princess Elsa drive up and they all went RUNNING to her car. It was the cutest thing to watch!! 

 Tessa immediately became Elsa's shadow. 

 It was so fun having the "big" Princesses there with us for the evening!

 By the time it was Tessa's turn for pictures, it was about 9pm and we had lost our lighting. Most of the pictures I got were a bit blurry, but they are still so cute with Tessa and Elsa. While they were waiting to have their pictures taken together, Tessa and Elsa practiced their curtsey's. When Tessa curtsied for Elsa, Elsa told Tess that she had the most beautiful curtsey that she had ever seen. Tessa came running to me as fast as she could to see if I had heard what Elsa had said! She couldn't have been any happier at that moment!!

It was such a fun and magical night for our little Tessa. I'm so glad she got to be apart of such a fun photo shoot!

Summer of Fun-Week 9

Our fun summer activities have started winding down as Mommy has gotten bigger and more uncomfortable. But, we are on the home stretch for the Baby to arrive, so that is a plus!

Here is Mommy and Baby Caleb at 37 weeks. He has dropped quite a bit and I'm not sure if I could stretch anymore. I do like my basketball belly though. 

Monday was our usual day at home for vegging, cleaning and laundry. 

The girls and I did spend part of the morning playing Barbies. 

Daddy has been promising Tessa a special Daddy/Daughter Date. They have a special Daddy/Daughter Date book that they have been looking through together to get some ideas. Monday evening they decided on their first date. They went up to Tessa's room after dinner and made a giant collage together. Tessa was in heaven to have her Daddy all to herself and doing an art project with him was just icing on the cake. They worked on their collage for a good 2 hours.!

This was their final product. Every picture was part of a crazy story they created. 

While Tessa and Daddy were having their date, Mommy and Adam played some intense rounds of Battleship and Gwennie played Don't Spill the Beans. 

After Daddy and Tessa made their collage, Adam and Tessa wanted to make their own. They spent a good chunk of Tuesday afternoon making more collages. Adam also had piano lessons and cub scouts on Tuesday. His piano teacher tells me almost weekly how gifted he is. 

We have had lots of lazy mornings this week! We have spent far too many hours watching morning cartoons and taking our sweet time to get dressed and do chores. But it's been kinda nice to be lazy. 

We ventured out a couple of days this week and got some back to school shopping done. The kids got the rest of their uniforms for school and they picked out new backpacks and lunchboxes. 

Gwen is very into play dough right now. We made some homemade play dough one afternoon and they had fun with that. We started out with several different colors, but by the time Gwen had finished playing, she had combined them all and turned everything purple. 

Tessa made the Earth.

This was the final week for the Summer Programs at the Library. Adam and Tessa went to Story Time and Mommy hung out with Gwen. She was so well behaved on the last day!! Why couldn't she have been this easy all summer?!

We spent a couple of evenings this week swimming in the backyard once it had cooled down outside. We have loved our swimming pool!

Some of our afternoons were just lazy reading and movie days. I love it when I find my kids reading. It makes my heart happy!!

On Friday night, Adam and Daddy went to BYU to watch Remember the Titans at LaVell Edwards Stadium. They got to lay out on the field and watch the movie up on the big screen. They had a great time! The girls stayed home and watchee, Say Yes to the Dress and had fun making funny faces on Mommy's phone. 

Saturday was our day to run a million errands and get some shopping done. We did stop by the Farmer's Market so Adam and Tessa could collect another brag tag. 

Saturday evening, Mommy and Tessa were gone for several hours doing a Princess photo shoot. I will blog about this later, but Tessa had so much fun being a princess and hanging out with Elsa, Tinkerbell and Ariel. It was every little girls dream come true!