Haircuts

Six of us got to have haircuts this past week!!! Who knew how exciting that would be.........even Myles was begging for a haircut!!

Meg's hair had gotten so long, but she was ready to cut it short.

Before:

After:

Myles was pretty shaggy. We like the new look better!

I don't have any pictures of how long Elsa's hair was. She was always wearing it up. It was almost to her waist though. We didn't get it cut quite as short as she would have liked because we still wanted to get it into a bun for the Kelso Highland Games in September. Perhaps after September she'll get it cut shorter.

Aeva got her usual cute and short cut:

Rhaevyn thought about a pixie cut, but our friend who was doing the haircut wasn't sure what would happen to her curls if she did. I absolutely love the cut Rhaevyn decided on. It looks super cute on her!

Here is my before and after:

Look at our quarantine's worth of hair!

I found a new recipe that I love.............well two recipes actually. Both are grain free and made with almond flour. One I use for sandwiches and pancakes. The other is a donut recipe. When I put fruit on the donut, it reminds me of strawberry shortcake. So yummy!
BLT with avocado...

Pancakes that are as light as air.

Dessert:

Getting ready for our church at home. I really love how personal it is. It's great having Aeva play the piano for us.

Aeva did some face painting this week on Meg....Kabuki style. Here she is eating her favorite vegetable.

Hamming it up for the camera:

A picture from the fish tank:

Myles's cello recital is online this year. Here is his submission for it. He is playing The Swan by Saint-Saens. He is so glad to finally be moving on from this song. It's been a tough one for him.....months and months of practicing to get it right (or passable).

Myles's cello teacher encouraged him to do something different either with dressing up, dressing uniquely, or filming outside or in a cool location.  In the end, Myles decided just to wear his pilot hat, but here was one location that Rhaevyn thought would be funny:

What's a post without Molly:

It's always giggles and laughter when the kids and I have a dance party. Elsa had me try doing the Floss, which I think I completely failed at. It gave me a good chuckle to try it anyway.

My clematis is blooming!! I'm so thrilled! It such a pretty plant.

 

 On a side note, the squirrels are taking the bulbs off  my lights in the backyard, so now half of them don't light up anymore 😭

And just kidding!! I didn't really cut my hair short. In fact, you probably can't really even tell I got it cut. I got more of a trim with layers. I'll give it another couple of months, and then maybe I'll cut it again. I was so tempted to get a short haircut, but my friend who cuts my hair urged me to not cut it all off  yet.

TTFN!

Me

 Yep, this post is mainly about me.
I got new glasses this week, I discovered that my hair curls on its own now, and I've got about a week left to decide if I'm letting my hair growing or if I'm going to chop it.


But first, we had some beautiful weather for most of the week with some gorgeous sunsets. Today it poured down rain and part of our cul-de-sac was flooding. The little kids and I went on a walk to the duck pond and got to see a pretty blue damsel fly and some cute ducklings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The little ducklings decided they had had enough of swimming and came waddling up the bank to dry off in the sunshine. Elsa and I were stuck because the mamma duck was not about to let us pass her ducklings.

Myles is working on his piece for the online cello recital, and Elsa is getting ready to do a video to enter into the Portland Scottish Highland Games. She is going to be dancing the Flora.

Myles being funny:

Rhaevyn made almond cherry cookies:

I had one tiny nibble, and they were really good.

Molly, Molly, our little fur ball:

I think she was feeling neglected, although she curls up in everyone's laps and gets petted and fawned over. Rhaevyn and I took one look at her and couldn't just leave her there on the floor. I put a towel down on the bed and let her curl up next to me.

I made myself some steamed broccoli for lunch and brought it into my room while Elsa had her violin lesson on Skype. Meg pretty much ate it all. I can't complain. I love watching her get so excited about eating broccoli 😄

 And here are the many hairstyles I'm discovering for myself: Up, down, straight, curly........

 

 

 

 

 My glasses came in this week. I'm still getting used to them, as far as the lenses. I'm really hoping once I give myself a week that I will find they work just fine for me. I went conservative, and then I got a wild pair.
 

 

 

And I have some new pictures of Myles's sea creatures:

 

Wow! Look at that; I'm caught up again!