haircuts and cavities.....

thursday my baby girl got her first "big girl" haircut! she even got to sit in the "big girl" chair to get her hair washed.

our "hair girl" lori always says the word "hottie", so now rivers calls herself a "hottie"!

well, i guess if you're like me and always "expect the worst and hope for the best" things always seem to be less stressful.?

i didn't cry at the salon when she got her first "big girl haircut", although i did have to keep looking away. she loved it! she flipped that hair and bounced it all around. she is a mess!!

after we left the salon, we took jake to the dentist..the dreadded dentist!! no one said anything about shots or needles or anything that could cause chaos ( we already have enough of that!!). from the way ben did when he got a cavity filled and got "the shot", i figured jake would never even know he had gotton one either! the dentist we go to is soooo great with kids! they have a way of "hiding" and "explaining" that kids usually don't have a clue about what's goin on! now if only i could find a dentist like that for me! jake did great! even after it was over and i asked him if he knew he got a shot, he didn't even believe me! things couldn't have gone any better and we were in and out in 30 minutes or less!!!! for a filling! see, "expect the worst and hope for the best!!!"

the day turned out to be pretty great and i'm starting to get excited about the beach next month. we are gonna have so much fun with the kids! i've been checking in to going to shell island. the water is beautiful and you can swim with the dolphins. i really believe the kids would love it and i know for sure their mom would...and probably dad, too!

yesterday we went to the pool around 11 and stayed out there til, well, hmmmm. too long!!! the kids were in and out so it wasn't so bad on them, but i stayed out pretty much the whole time. we came home around 3:30!! ouch! literally! even with no clothes, i look like i am wearing a white bathing suit! i got burnt, and i don't burn!!! my kids look like blonde headed mexicans! they tan so prettily! i wish i could take a naked picture of them from the back just so you could see how tan they are......but then i'd get locked up for postin pix of naked kids on the internet! they are so precious! well, today has been a warm one already so maybe if the sun doesn't shine so brightly i'll go back to the pool. maybe i'll just sun my legs. my back is what got it yesterday. well, toodles for now!