Avatar The Last Airbender

So Noah lost a fight with a pair of scissors...MY WORST NIGHTMARE! Actually it's not that bad because it didn't happen to one of my girls. Boys are ok to have really short hair right? And I swear the scissors were put away in the back of my closed makeup drawer. Anyways, the kid put them flat on the very top of his head and cut out a silver dollar size hole. It looked like he had male pattern baldness. And yes, you are all guessing it, he now rocks an extremely short buzz cut that the lady did to "fix" it. Halfway through the haircut (buzzed to the skin on top and front and a good inch long around the side of his head) she holds up the mirror and shows him. Noah got a very ugly face and said he didn't like that lady's hair cut at which point I explained to him that she was just fixing the hole he cut in his hair. Lets just say that showing the mirror halfway was very good at influencing him to not cut his own hair again so hopefully this will be problem solved. I am sure this is all humorous and familiar to you all that have raised children. But the sad part is that Noah is very conscious and even embarrassed about his lack of hair. And Kylee and I have been doing our best to encourage him and remind him how handsome he is even without hair. The real trick came when we told him he looked just like Avatar The Last Airbender and showed him the trailers.

Now he thinks it is the coolest haircut around! And he has to carry around a stick so he can do motions that he saw in the trailer and the "whoosh" sound effect to play with. And what, you might ask, is the closest thing to a "stick" in my house?

Yes, that is my mop. My heart is happy to have two problems solved tonight! A "fixed" haircut and a son with regained confidence in himself!

Converse Family

These pictures are for you Uncle Wade! Because in the words of Elina "We are a converse family just like the Chandlers!"

Bath Tub

This is what happens when you think you are being smarter than your kids by getting the baby out and jammied first so she won't pee on your carpet while you are helping the two big kids get jammied.

On the way to Iraq

This amazing photo of my husband was taken in Bangor Maine by a Ms. Lynne Tower. Maine is one of the big stopping points for the flights in and out of Kuwait. And they have lots of welcoming people that go around and take photos and then post them online. So thank you Ms. Tower for capturing my soldier so perfectly!

Movies, movies, movies!

Holy movie splurge!! In the month of March I bought:

The Blind Side

Princess and the Frog

AstroBoy

Tarzan

Sherlock Holmes

Hercules

Snow White

High School Musical 2

Are you kidding me? I am the biggest Redbox fan in the world. And here I am buying everything instead? I guess it is just another coping mechanism. That or a really good excuse to indulge in "things-that-will-distract" while Jason is deployed!

Sour Grapes

A few weeks ago we bought some grapes from Costco. And oh my goodness! They were SO sour, we couldn't even eat them. So Kylee got a game going of Chubby Bunny! And we had a blast! Just for the record: Jason fit 30! Kylee did 20! and Elina mastered 7! and this mommy didn't even try...to many years of being pregnant has seriously heightened my gag reflex! And you had to spit out the grapes when you were done because they were THAT SOUR!

Today

This week at home has been very hard on my kids. We spent our Spring Break at my mom's house in Cabot Arkansas. And that was the perfect distraction for my kids to not be focused on their dad leaving. But I think only Elina really understands what Daddy being in Iraq means. Noah is so whiney and prone to crying. This week he has been constantly on the verge on tears. It is really driving me nuts! I try oh so very hard to be patient once I remember that the whininess is because of Jason being deployed. But that is a hard feat at 1am and he is screaming "I need you Mommy or Don't leave me" Noah never tells me "I miss Daddy or I am sad because Daddy is gone". Noah is very confused with the meaning of "Iraq". So a few days ago I switched to saying that daddy is going to be at work for a long time. Well, what is a long time to a three year old? A week...two? And I am sure Lydia doesn't have a clue that she will not see her dad for a year. I would imagine that infants and toddlers do not have time recognitions like a five year old would. She just screams "DAD!" at every picture she sees of him!

On a happier note: I just picked up the new family picture we had made before he left. And I am more than pleased with how good they turned out! Here is a preview: