Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Reaching Back: Valentine's Day

Scott & Nate went to the cabin the weekend before Valentine's Day. Lila & I stayed home and had a girls weekends. It was super fun! When she got home from school on Friday, she decorated her Valentine's box for school. She was really into it and I think it turned out very cute!


On Saturday, we made these red velvet cookie bars. OH MY. They were simply fabulous. I think I'm going to figure how how to make them for every occasion!
Lila does not have any play makeup so I got her a surprise for Valentine's Day. It really surprised both of us because instead of being play makeup, it's like for real makeup. #momfail
Oh well. She loves it. Even though she can only play with it if we are going to be staying home. I can just hear the pleadings for wearing it out of the house coming soon. Ha!

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Haircut

Having a girl means you have to learn to do some hair. I am not very good at doing some hair. Plus my subject doesn't really let me practice. So. Hair is the center of a lot of fights at the Boyle house. Sigh. Boy hair is so much easier.

This winter, I have been feeling like we needed to cut Lila's hair shorter.  Her hair is mega thick and can be coarse like Scott's. So tangles are a major problem. I even had to cut some out at the base of her neck a few months ago because I could not get them out. Needless to say it was traumatic for both of us.

I finally talked her into getting it cut shorter so we looked for some examples on Pinterest. We found one of a long bob and she liked it. The girls hair was brown so she immediately asked if she could get her hair dyed brown. To which I said NO!!! She replied, "That's OK, when you don't have control of my hair anymore, I'm going to dye it red." Who is this person? I told our hair lady that story and she said, good luck finding someone that will dye your gorgeous hair red. Thank you, thank you very much. Sigh.

A before picture...before school...waiting for the doors to open (their schools start 30 minutes apart, it's ever so convenient). It was spirit day, so she allowed a headband.

After! We are both so happy with it! No more tangles. No more tears.

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Tid Bits

Scott went skiing with Paka last weekend so the kids and I were on our own. It was cold so we tried to make our own inside fun. I found a recipe for homemade peppermint patties on Pinterest, so we decided to give it a whirl. Well. By the time I was done, let's just say I felt like Betty Crocker. It was harder, longer, and more in depth that I had imagined, but they turned out really good! They tasted just like the real thing, amazingly, but if I make them again, I will make them smaller because they were very sweet!
After swim team on Saturday morning, we stopped by the library. The kids read, checked out books and made words on the magnetic board. I love our library. It's hard to believe we've been going to this one for almost 10 years!

I guess I did not take any pictures of the rest of our weekend. We rested, ate pizza, and had slumber parties in my room. They were good days:)