First Haircut!



Sweet Noelle got her first haircut today!!  It was just getting too long in the front and hanging in her eyes.  Since her hair is pretty straight, I asked for bangs, and I think they turned out so precious!!!

A "before" pic

Another "before"

The awesome stylist entertained Noelle with balloons and bubbles!

She wasn't sure about the whole thing

Delilah was being so awesome and well-behaved that the salon gave her a free mini-manicure while she was waiting for her sister!

"After"!!!

Congrats on another milestone, precious Ellie Bug.  I cried just as much as I did at your sister's first hair cut!!! :)

Pigtails & Parks

Still super busy with school, but here are a few favorite shots from the past week.  First, as I've said, Delilah is in love with taking pictures right now, so this is a picture she took of Noelle.  Noelle adores sunglasses and is almost always wearing them when we're outside.  Adorable, no?

The second picture isn't the best quality, but I just had to document Delilah's first pigtails!!!  She saw her friend, Lyla, wearing her hair that way and immediately wanted hers done, too.  I think they look precious on her.

And the last picture is just a random little pic I snapped with my camera when we were at the park one day, playing in the sprinklers that every park seems to have.  We were at one of our favorite Central Park playgrounds, just across the street from Chris's office.  The girls were playing "ice cream stand" and were having so much fun that I just whipped out my phone and asked them to say, "Cheese!".  It is now one of my all-time favorite pictures of them together!!!

A Mid-Summer Night's Recap

I admit it: I have bitten off more than I can chew. I have never taken classes during the summer, so I don't think I gave proper credit to the pace and density of summer school. As such, I am quite behind on blogging. It is July 15, which is right in the middle of summer, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to post some pictures of how our summer has been going so far!

This is what we have been doing:

Having dance parties in the living room

Taking lots of cool baths

Going to our first gymnastics lessons!

Taking pictures.  This picture and the next one of Noelle are Delilah's handiwork.  She is in love with the camera right now.

We've been riding our new red Radio Flyer tricycle.

A little blurry because she can get going pretty fast.

We've been playing in the park

And playing in the park

And playing in the park (hooray for giant bubble guy in Central Park!)

Did I mention playing in the park?  Most have water features, and if we don't have suits, that doesn't stop us!

Pure joy

Our little beauty

Playing in the park!  :)

It's been such a fun summer but it is going by tooooooo fast!!!  And because I try to stay honest, I will also mention that Delilah always whines for an ice cream when we go to Central Park, and Noelle always fights like a banshee when we try to put her back in her stroller after playing, and both girls seem to be permanently covered in a layer of sand & sunscreen that sticks to everything, and it is exhausting loading up the snacks, towels, bathing suits, sand toys, and sidewalk chalk every time we step out of the house.  It's a good thing they're the cutest, most fun little beings I know. :)