Schmoo & Bean: Do we look related?

Mama got her haircut today. What a treat! I always laugh, out loud, when my stylist asks me if I have time for a scalp massage. That's the whole point, isn't it? She cut a whole bunch of summer locks off and my curls bounced right up. I'm sure it will never look this nice and curly again. Somehow I can never recreate the clean look of a freshly cut hairdo. I came home and Uncle C was fresh out of the shower with his own set of curly locks. I thought it would make a good contrast photo to compare our curly hair styles. Sorry Auntie E, who unfortunately got no wave whatsoever.

The week is screaming by. Yesterday was a full day. Work went well. LOTS of information. My brain is numb by noon. The kids had a great day at school. Schmoo was full of stories about going into the gym on Monday with ALL the big kids for assembly. She just kept telling me that the kindergarten kids got to go too. They also had music class on Tuesday. They sang Ol' MacDonalds and heard a funny story. Uncle C had arrived late on Monday night so the kids were happy to see him when we got home from school. He and Papa went golfing in the afternoon and returned just in time for me to head out for Schmoo's school's parent support group meeting. I walked into town, which was nice, but the meeting was 2 hours long and by the end my eyes were on fire from the flourescent lights and I was ready to curl up and go to sleep. The walk back home was nice, but I headed straight to bed.

Today went well too. I've already decided that I will probably need a bit more time than the four hours allocated each day to get through the massive amount of work I need to complete each week. So I think for the next month or so, I'll put the kids in care in the afternoons until 3pm to ensure I don't fall too far behind. I'm sure once I'm in the swing of things I'll be able to cut back again, but for now I think I'll need some more time. So tomorrow I'm going to work a bit long with the woman who is training me, because on Monday I'll be all on my own.

We had a quiet afternoon at home. By the time we get home and finished lunch it's usually about 1:30pm now. The kids had some quiet time in their rooms while I did some homework. I can't believe that neither of them fall asleep. We headed down to the park for 45 minutes before picking up a chicken for dinner and heading home. Papa and Uncle C were at home so I could just drop everything off and head out to my hair appointment. Now the boys are watching the Canada soccer game, I'm getting caught up on my blog and we're all getting ready to eat pizza!

I finally got back the pictures from my hike on Sunday. Here's some of the good ones!

Me and A starting out