THE Haircut

Kendall was growing her beautiful blond hair for Locks of Love.  The longer it got, the more difficult it was to manage and the daily battle of brushing her hair was getting to be too much.  She finally had enough for the required 10 inches so we took her to my hair dresser.  When Kendall was asked how she wanted her hair she said, "I want it just like my mom's!"  So cute.  The process in pictures:

Eight is GREAT!

Hayden wanted a Lego Universe Party for his 8th birthday.  The only problem is that I don't know enough about Lego Universe to create an entire birthday with that theme.  So I just focused on Legos.  I actually love legos myself so this was a fun party to plan. 

Lego juice boxes

Donut cake with lego figures

Building the tallest lego tower

One of the highlights was t-shirts for the kids.  This is a great and relatively inexpensive "party favor" for the kids but Tadj really wanted to let the kids decide which minifigure they wanted on their shirt.  So I spent the entire party making these t-shirts.  Never again!  If I *were* to do something like this again I would choose the minifigure and make the shirts ahead of time.

Hayden's Baptism

What an exciting day for our recently turned 8-year-old boy!  Hayden was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday July 23, 2011.  We were blessed to have many friends and family in attendance to support Hayden on this very special day.

Hayden wanted both of his grandmas to speak at his baptism.  Grandma Pop (Tadj's mom) spoke about baptism and Mimi (my mom) spoke about the Holy Ghost. The grandpas were witnesses. 

 

For refreshments we served Legendary Donuts and they were delicious. I am just a little biased but I have to say this was a really great baptism! 

The Birthday Girl

My fun, confident, sweet, determined, and sometimes feisty Kendall turned 6! She celebrated with a bunch of friends last Saturday at SuperJump.

The invite!

The party!

For her actual birthday, June 10, we did some of the traditional things. She woke up with her door decorated with pink streamers and balloons.

Next, a doughnut for breakfast on the "You are special today" plate.




For her class I dropped off mini brownies with mini M&M's sprinkled on top. I don't have a picture of that, unfortunately. I also don't have a picture of her hot dog lunch at Costco (another special request) or the ward potluck where she enjoyed more fun with friends.

Back at home for more good stuff!









The Barbie Dream House that every 6-year-old Barbie fanatic would LOVE!




Finally, the traditional birthday interview:What is your favorite color? Pink
What is your favorite food? Hot dogs
What is your favorite toy? Barbies
Who is your best friend? Nora
What is your favorite thing to do? Play outside
What do you like to do outside? Play tag with Jimena (neighbor).
Why do you think the sky is blue? When Heavenly Father created the sky he wanted it blue.
How do you think peanut butter is made? They were trying to make peanuts and they messed up and called it peanut butter.
How does a tomato grow? You plant seeds where there is lots of space and give them water to grow.
How do you think shows get onto the TV? They practice and practice until it is right and so when it is right it goes on the TV.
What is your favorite movie: "Barbie: A Fairy Secret."
What is your favorite show? iCarly
What do you think "Carly" does when she is not on TV? She makes another show like "Despicable Me"
Why were you born into our family? Because Heavenly Father wanted me to be in this family.
What does Daddy do at work? He gets money by giving people money. He also goes on the computer.
What does mom do? You exercise, clean the house, wear ugly pants.
Wait, Why are my pants ugly? They show your bum.
OK, what else does mom do? Go on the computer and the phone, drink water and have babies.
What do you do when you are married? Get a ring and a house.
What do you think Heaven is like? Spirits everywhere and you have to study and get a little free time. There is light everywhere.
Why does the Tooth Fairy take your teeth when you lose them? Because they think 'toothes' are fun.
How many teeth have you lost? 6
How much money does the tooth fairy give you? 2 and 3
What do you want to be when you grow up? A Singer. I also want to have kids but I don't want my belly cut off.
What kind of songs do you want to sing? Church songs.