Book Review: No, David!

I am crazy for children's books. I love buying books for my kids and I enjoy reading them, sometimes I think I like them better than my kids. So I thought I would share a few of my favorites. This book is called "No, David!", by David Shannon. It is hilarious! The pictures tell most of the story as the David's mom comes up with more and more ways to tell him no. My kids love all of the David books (I think there are 3 or 4 others) and they have the words memorized. Also by David Shannon, "Alice the Fairy" is another book about a little girl that's a temporary fairy in training. I love how she uses sugar to turn oatmeal into cake. So check them out.

More Beauty Tips From Madalyn

Do you suffer from seasonal dry skin? Well, Madalyn has just the thing for you. A Ranch Dressing mask. Just apply dressing liberally to face and hands and allow time for the fats and oils to be absorbed into your skin. Avoid the eye area though, something Madalyn didn't take into account when she was testing out her products. Rinse thoroughly.
Repeat as needed. Gentle enough for daily use.

Double french braid and day after do

I love this hairdo! I use it probably more than any other and I always get rave reviews. It's best to do the french braids with the hair super wet. I think it's easier to control and it keeps the flyaways to a minimum. I also use a pomade on Lorelei's hair since she is cursed with fine hair like mine. Basically do a zig-zag part (just take the end of a rat tail comb and make a lightning bolt, while separating the sides. ) and then french braid on each side all the way down and then flip up the ends. I love this part because I can never seem to get the ends of my french braids to look right around the nape of the neck and this hides them perfectly. Add a couple of darling little bows and Ta-Da! The best part is the next day you take out the braids, leaving the zig-zag part, and put it into some quicky little knots and you have a great hair do that took 2 minutes. Love it!

Jacob's Gone Fishing!

So Greg and his brother Russell took Jacob out fishing a couple of weeks ago out on the Snake River. Jacob wanted very much to learn how to gut a fish. It's a long story. Other than I think it was longer than Jacob's attention span could handle and he was completely grossed out by the actual gutting of the fish, I think they had a good time. They actually caught something, which is more than I can say for my first and only fishing outing. Here are some pictures to enjoy.







Can you tell he was ready to go home?

Have you ever wondered...

I bought a new package of socks last night, I know, it's not something people usually blog about but it got me thinking,

Why do socks come in a resealable package? Do you ever use the bag ever again? Can't they think of some other things that should be in a resealable bag, like fish sticks for instance? Why don't they come in a resealable bag? And while we're at it why will kids eat dirt but not the food that's put on their plates?

Fun Website

This is one of my kids' favorite websites. Jacob started playing on this website when he was 3 or so and I am pretty sure it's one of the reasons he reads so well. Lorelei calls it her ABC games. Check it out and guess what, it's free!!!! Gotta love that! Sorry, I tried to insert it as a link but blogger won't let me, so you'll have to do it the old fashioned way and type it in.

www.starfall.com

It's time for another hairdo!

Greg laughs at me and tells me that I have a lot of hairdos on my blog. I tell him that in order to avoid it becoming strictly a hair blog I make sure that there are at least 2 other posts between hair posts. Doing hair is a fun part of my day and I like the creativity that it requires and that Lorelei looks so stinking cute afterwards. So here is a fun one and it doesn't require more than 10 minutes (unless you are a slow braider like me and it takes a bit more time). First make a zig zag part on the top of the head and then make a part from ear to ear, so you'll have a rectangle with a lightning strike down the middle. Does that make sense? Then take each of those sections and make an uneven braid on each side of the head.
To make an uneven braid just have the two outside sections be very thin and the middle be thick. Secure the end of each with rubber band. Then put those two braids into a ponytail with the remaining hair. You can stop there and it'll be super cute but I flipped the ponytail so that it kindof looks like a waterfall. Make a hole behind the ponytail holder with your fingers and bring the hair in the ponytail up from the bottom of the hole and tighten. Then curl the ends of the hair. I really should do step by step pictures. That all sounds very complicated but it isn't I promise. Good luck and enjoy.