Haircuts

Yesterday the Hale kids got haircuts.  It was Andrew’s first haircut, and it may have been a bit premature (after all, he hardly had any hair before the haircut).  Susanna called him “baldy-saurus rex” all day.  Susanna just got a trim.  It took about an hour, but I think it turned out okay.  Here they are, modeling their haircuts for you.  If you look closely at the second picture of Andrew you’ll probably see at least one of his new teeth. 

Susanna just told me a story that I want to record here.  Maybe you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.

Once upon a time there was a lady who was fly-fishing.  She couldn’t catch any fish!  Then she saw Jesus, and he was not too far off.  “Cast over there” Jesus said [did Susanna really say cast? Probably not] so that lady cast on the other side and there were one hundred fish!  They were sitting on a stool.  It was a loooong stool.  One hundred fish sitting on a long and big stool.  There was a wee little fish [this was said in a wee little voice], a medium-sized fish, and a big daddy fish [this was said in a big daddy voice].  They all had places to sit, sticks to play with, and a bed to sleep in.  The wee little fish had a wee little chair, the medium-sized fish had a medium sized chair … [I think you know what’s coming so I’ll skip ahead to save us both some time].  Then Goldilocks came!  She put on her bathing suit and swam over to the fish.  Then she picked up the medium-sized fish and the wee little fish and went home.  And the lady—the lady who was fishing—she caught thirty fish.  It was so many fish that her ship sank down down down down.  And the lady sank down down down down.  And she never came up up up up.

I guess it’s the original Hans Christian Anderson ending (not the Disney version).

Happy Days at the Hales’

Happy Squash Day!Okay, so there’s no such thing as squash day (not that I know of anyway) but Andrew has such a cute grin, and such a decided preference for butternut squash, that I just had to include it.  Watch out though; he needs a bath after every feeding!  Or maybe we’ll just settle for a wipe down (you just have to watch out for squash eye goobers all day long).

Happy Pi (3.14) day!To celebrate the arrival of Pi on the calendar we had some friends over for Chicken Pot Pi and Blueberry Peach Pi.  While making the Peach Pi I got sidetracked and helped Susanna make two cupcake sized blueberry pies while I was supposed to be making a salad and setting the  table.  It was so fun though!  Susanna did most of it herself, and my friend brought the beautiful (and oh so tasty chicken pot pie) so everything worked out fine.

 

 

And Happy St. Patrick’s Day!I realize St. Patrick’s Day hasn’t arrived yet, but since we’re here I’ll show you Susanna’s door sign.  In the upper-left corner it says “Welcome Leprechauns!”  She doesn’t draw representationally very often (she get’s too frustrated—”my lines wiggle too much,” she says) so I love looking at this picture.

UPDATE: Andrew cut two teeth today!