Avie's second haircut - Thanks Daddy!

Avie had her very first haircut this past summer on July 8th just before she turned 3 years old. (I hope to have a post up about the first haircut soon too). Over the last few weeks, Jarad has been telling me that she needs it cut again, which is true. It was getting difficult to brush especially since she doesn't want to sit still.

Last night while I was gone, Jarad decided to take matters into his own hands and cut her hair! Can you believe it? He just took it all together and made one big cut, since she wouldn't sit still for anything more. It's a bit shorter than I expected, but actually does look really cute!

Should I take her to a hair salon to get it cut again (evened out a little bit) or just leave it the way it is? Please vote on our poll to the left.


After Jarad saw this picture, he said "don't they call that the layered look?" Haha! :)

Go Cyclones!

Iowa State's women's volleyball team is having a great season. We've been able to take the kids to a couple of games. Avalon's favorite part is seeing the mascot. And for this great smile, she got a treat too, raisins! It was definitely worth it. Although, now anytime I ask her to smile for a picture, she says do I get a treat.

Archie mostly enjoyed watching the people and running around on the bleachers. But he did spend some time hanging out with Daddy.

The kids did watch a little bit of the game, sort of...

And a few pics from the first game we attended.

Avie was very excited to see the mascot and give him a high five or should I say low five!

Hide and Seek

I was playing hide and seek with the kids and I thought this would be a fun place to hide. Archie thought so too! Eventually after Archie made it through, I had to stand up to get out of the tunnel. Haha! Needless to say, Avalon found me right away! :)

Archie's favorite game

At the end of September, I started to play a game with Archie where I place a soft block on my head and then let it fall off while making a funny noise. Archie loves it! I remember Avalon loving this game too when she was Archie's age, which is why I thought of playing it. He asks me to play it over and over. He has added his own modification as well. He likes to balance the block on his head and then shake his body to make it fall off. I then mimic him with the same movement making my block fall off my head (which is not seen on the video, but would probably make me laugh too if I'd could see myself) and he thinks its hilarious. It is so fun and rewarding to see you child smile and laugh that I can't get enough of the game either!



Not only is it lots of fun because he smiles and laughs, I've also captured tons of amazing pictures of that smile! As you can see by the pictures, Avie had fun with the game as well.


Here is my favorite picture and video from the first time we played the game on September 26th.



And one more video, just for fun!