Ruby's First Haircut

At four and a half years old Ruby finally received her first hair cut.  

The Befores

Yes- her first.  I have never even cut her bangs.  Her hair was cute- but it was getting so 'snarly' and unmanageable so I decided that we would have a girls day go get her hair done.  We went to a special place designed especially for kids.  It smelled distinctly of maple syrup- in fact it kind of made me sick.  But Ruby and the 50 other kids in there didn't seem to mind.  Ruby decided to sit on the elephant, was adorned with the hannah montana bib and was forced to watch Toy Story 3.  She didn't seem to mind.  She sat so still and looked so cute!

The Durings.

The After.  Isn't she adorable?  I love that girl.  After the hair cut she asked me how it felt for me to have my first hair cut.  I thought she was feeling sad about the loss of her hair so I went for the 'deeper' feelings and had a long story about how it felt so great to have all the snarlies gone and how it felt fresh and wonderful.  I then asked her how hers felt and she said 'wet.'  

We did a little bit of girls shopping, went out for Italian, and finished with some Frozen Yogurt.  Delicious.  Ruby loved the Strawberry lemonade sorbet,  I loved the vanilla froyo with fresh raspberries.  Delicious.

She could not get over how cute the spoon was- she just loved it so much.  

We had fun- it was really nice to do something just one on one.  Ruby loved it- though she did miss Noni and daddy, especially when we were at the yogurt shop- she knew that daddy and Noni would love it there.  We are headed back soon....  short hair and all.

My Life

If there is one thing I can say about my life it is that I am prone to embarrassing situations.
Secretly- I like it.
It gives my life a little spunk gives me and Justin something to laugh at when we are lying in bed at night.
(He is prone to embarrassing situations too... maybe even more so than I am.)
I like that about him.
I also like to laugh- a lot.

Recently I encountered this embarrassing situation:
I took Ruby and Noni to the spray park where we met up with Jenn and her two boys.
It was all fun and games until a spider crawled on my arm.
That was not fun or gamey.
That also was not part of the embarrassing story- just a simple side note.
Anyway- Ruby was walking around with her bucket- filling it up with water here and there.
Then she got sprayed with water.
I know- the horror- of all things to happen at a SPRAY park.
She doesn't yet understand that getting sprayed is fun...
Anyway I went over to comfort her and was bent down talking to her-
when out of NO WHERE a fountain turned on
And yes- I was unknowingly perfectly situated directly over it.
I was soaked.
Right. up. the. bum.
I let out a little scream and ran with Ruby to where I thought there was safety.
It turns out- I was in a SPRAY PARK- and there is NO safety in a SPRAY PARK.
So I was soaked.
I was able to dodge what water I could and get Ruby and I out of there safely.
Even if we were soaked.
There are 2 things that I wish would have happened.
Number one: that someone would have videotaped it.
It was that awesome.
Number two: I wish that Justin was there. It is just funnier if you are there.
I wonder what will happen tomorrow....