A froggy party for our two-year-old

Susanna is two years old now! She was actually two years old when did the last post as well (she turned two on August 21st while we were in England) but we finally had a party for her today. When I first mentioned to her that we were going to have a party she immediately suggested we have a "froggy party." And so we did. We had lunch, made froggy visor hats, played musical lily pads, did a few rounds of ring-around-the-rosie, and then had cake and ice cream.

I'm pretty proud of the froggy cake I made, so I'll give you another view of it.

And here's cute Susanna smiling for the camera before the party.

The party was very fun. And we are so grateful for our sweet Susanna; what a joy she is!

My new eco-friendly haircut

I've gotten a few requests for a photograph of my new haircut. I was planning to post one from the birthday party but, alas, there aren't really any where you can actually see me. But here's one (on the right) that Susanna took before the party.

I don't feel like the person in that photograph looks very much like me, so here's another one taken a few days ago on our deck.

I realize that you can't see all of my hair in this photograph, but this will have to do for now.

I got the haircut in Salt Lake City, on the way back from England (I went there to pick up Susanna). Scott flew straight back to Seattle so he wasn't around and I didn't warn him; I thought the surprise would be fun. I think it backfired because when he came to pick us up from the airport, he couldn't find us even though we were there (maybe he was looking for someone with long hair). I even saw him a few times but before I could gather Susanna and get his attention, he was gone. When we finally did find each other Susanna explained the situation, telling daddy that she was back from Grandma's, and mommy and daddy were back from the long long trip to England, and that mommy's hair broke.

(Eco friendly because showers take 1/3 the time).