Capitol Theatre

Matt's boss gave us tickets to Capitol Theatre this weekend.  The show was "Bring It On".  We didn't think Cole would be interested and Bailee is too little, so we let Brooke invite a friend.  We stopped at Cafe Rio for dinner on the way down and then hit the show.

It was really good!  Even Matt liked it -- and the girls were enthralled.  A lady behind us gave the girls M&Ms at intermission because they were so well behaved.  We had already bought them $6 gummy bears at the concession stand so we weren't going to spend anymore :)

While we were gone, Annie and Nate kept Cole.  He and Tate got to go out for ice cream.  We got home so late that the girls slept at my house and the boys slept at Annie's.  They thought that was really cool! (this is a very rare occurrence because I don't allow sleepovers).

Early Spring

We have had unusually warm weather  this winter.  It has been such a huge blessing and sanity to be able to let the kids go outside to play and run off some of their energy. We all hate being cooped up in the house!  As soon as the snow melted, the kids wanted to be outside.  This particular day we went to Ryan's park while Brooke was at school.  They were in heaven!  Bailee, especially, loves the swings!  Her teachers at school tell me when they play outside that is always what she wants to do.  She always wants an "underdog".

Haircut

I was upstairs one day and I *thought* Cole and Bailee were watching a movie.  I came down a while later and the basement was a mess and the vacuum was out.  I thought it was a little odd but not too odd, since Cole likes to vacuum.  I started cleaning up and went in the pantry for something and found some hair.  Uh oh.  Immediately I knew Cole and cut Bailee's hair.  I asked him if he had and he mumbled something like only a little.  It looked like only a little so I cleaned it up and then asked Bailee to come here so I could inspect the damage.  She had her hair (which I might had had never been cut and was down to her butt!) in a side pony tail that day.  Well, most of it was gone!  Because it was in a side pony, one side was super short and the other side was super long still.  I started crying and told Cole he needed to come here now.  Well, he wouldn't come.  He was hiding and I figured it was because he knew he was in big trouble.  

This was all about the same time I was supposed to be leaving to get the big kids from school (I was tending my neighbors 2 kids this day).  I was so upset... I made the big kids walk home so I could take care of the mess at my house (which isn't a big deal -- the walk all the time when it is warm).  I also called Matt and told him he needed to come home from work NOW.  I didn't know what else to do. Well finally, Bailee told me where Cole was hiding.  To my surprise, when I found him hiding behind the couch, he had cut his hair too!

I was so upset about Bailee that I hadn't even notice he had cut most of his hair to his scalp!  AHHHH.  I found someone to fix Bailee's hair that night and we ended up having to cut off more than half of it to even it out.  So now it is a short little bob.  It is super cute... but I may have still cried the next few days when I got her ready :)

Cole's head had to be totally shaved so he has a buzz cut in the dead of winter.  Needless to say, all scissors in our house are now hidden.  I thought Cole was old enough to know not to do that... but apparently not.  He has now cut Brooke's hair, his hair, and Bailee's hair.  I sure hope we are done with haircuts!

Fire Station

Matt took Cole to his yearly field trip to the fire station.  Cole has been obsessed with firefighters and fire-anything for years.  This year was no exception -- he loved it.  He was even brave enough to get in the fire truck and ambulance.  When they were getting ready to leave a call came in and they heard the bell ring.  He thought that was pretty Cole.

We have loved his preschool and this year his cousin Rylin was in his class.  I can't believe it is almost time for him to go to Kindergarten!