The first "have-to" haircut

Ketchup sat in the worship service with us on Sat. night and I saw her playing with her hair. I noticed something white in it, and told myself it's just glue since she had done a craft during her class right before the service. I had forgotten all about it until I was showering her last night. That is when I asked how she got the glue in her hair and then I heard those dreaded words, "It's not glue, it's gum." Since I had completely forgotten about her hair and let her sleep on it already, there was no using ice or peanut butter solutions for this one. Only one thing would work, the scissors. At least I didn't have to cut her hair up to her ears. She kept saying that she wanted her hair short anyways. Needless to say, only Mommy and Daddy will be enjoying gum for a long time to come around here.

I'm Back!

Today is the best I've felt in a long time. Very little pain and well-behaved kids made for a great day, so I'm able to finally blog again. I will have to blog about the whole surgery experience, but there's not enough time today.
I will say that Ketchup's reading has taken off and she also begs to do math (she is so unlike me in that way). Bounce has also started reading and seems to be catching on well.
Last week we studied kangaroos and I could overhear them playing for a while not quite sure what the game was. But when I saw all the reading flashcards scattered all over the floor, I had to ask. They said they were kangaroos and Ketchup was the mommy kangaroo who was teaching her joey (Bounce) how to read human words. That is definitely a fun way to learn!!