Prayers

Every night we say our family prayers.  Let's just say that Cambree is not the most reverent. She will usually crawl around while we pray.  Sometimes, she'll even go up to Shayla and kneel in front of her and try to kiss her in the middle of the prayer.  (She knows we give loves after the prayer and she doesn't want to be left out.)  Tonight, as we gathered to pray, she crawled away and started climbing on a box then looked at us and decided she wanted to participate in the prayer too.  She quickly stopped climbing, knelt down and folded her arms (in her way). Luckily I caught it on camera!  Just too cute!

Princesses on Ice

As mentioned before, Shayla and I went to Disney Princesses on Ice.  We went with a bunch of little girls and their moms (and one dad, but we needed a token male) from the ward, and had such a fun day!  We left early so we could ride the train downtown. Of course, being the great mother that I am, I was more worried about how she looked, and getting her out of the house on time, than keeping her warm.  So, we ended up waiting fifteen minutes for the train, walking all over downtown, and going to the show without a coat.  I'll be sure to get submitted for mother of the year for that one.  Luckily, I think she was so excited she didn't really feel the 30 some odd weather we were having that day.  I was lucky enough to carry her through most of the trek downtown, just to keep her warm.  Good thing I'm buff!

Here she is all dressed up and ready to go

Waiting for the train, at least she has on a turtle neck and tights.

The train ride!

At the show!

We had so much fun and didn't expend too much energy.  In fact, just to prove the last statement, here's the after picture.

She What?

That's right, today Cambree finally took her first steps!  We caught some good ones on tape.  We meaning Shayla, she was the cameraman, hence the crazy photography.  But she did capture the most important part, her feet!

Hair Continued

So Cambree's hair is driving me crazy!  She has Baird hair in the back, it has this cute curl that tuns it slightly under, and Broadbent hair in the front, bone straight and thin.  Her hair often hangs in her eyes, and when I pull it back, she immediately takes out the clip.  So, I came up with another option.  I must say it works rather well.

Shayla's hair is just beautiful and is easy to make even more beautiful.  Just look at how pretty she looked all dressed up to go see the Disney Princesses on Ice!

Hair

You know, choosing a hair style can be rather challenging.  Should you go long or short, curly or straight.  I thought I'd throw some ideas out there for those of you who may currently be searching for that perfect style.

For you men, you should have Shayla be your stylist.  

She's the best in the industry and you might end up looking 

just as handsome as this dude.

Here's a little something Cambree came up with.

Ok, so she had a little help, but it is the perfect weekend look.

Here Shayla shows off her locks. 

  Compare the color between she and Cambree.

Could they be more different?

Shayla shows how easy it is to style her hair. 

 Just one flip of the head and you're ready to go. 

Of course proper care for one to have beautiful hair, is essential. 

 Here Cambree shows you the proper technique

 to get the look every girl desires.

First Kiss

So Shayla got her first kiss from someone other than her family.  Isn't this a bit early?

  It started like this:  Shayla and her friend Will get in the car after school.  Will tells Shayla that she can play his Star Wars video game, because there is a Princess Leia.  This does not really impress Shayla, and she doesn't respond much to Will.  Will then continues to tell Shayla, "Do you know what? You are as beautiful as a princess.  I really mean it, you are so beautiful that I want to (whispered) kiss you."  Shayla responds back to Will by telling him that he is as handsome as a prince. 

 

Will decided to come over and play at our house after school.  They have lunch together and I make Shayla go wash her face, after she was done with lunch.  Shayla comes out of the bathroom and looks closely at Will's face and tells him he needs to wash his face.  He quickly obeys and Shayla inspects.  His washing was not to her liking, so in he goes to wash up again.  Finally Shayla stands in the hallway with the biggest pucker lips I have ever seen.

(this is a reenactment)

Will just looks at her funny.  He then remembers he told her he wanted to kiss her.  He tells her he will kiss her in the car (in the back seat nonetheless).   They both get in their seats and get their seat belts on, then Will turns and looks at Shayla.  He gets very serious and asks, "Are you sick or anything?"  Shayla responds, "I don't think so."  At this point Will leans across his seat and Shayla across hers, both with megga extended pucker lips, and PRESTO! 

It happened!  

Of course I was spying from the front seat, and I turn around to back out of the driveway as soon as the kiss happened.  The only problem is, I can't stop laughing.  Shayla's face is classic!  She has stars in her eyes, like I have never seen before. 

(another reenactment)

I wish I could have captured her look forever.  She was in L-O-V-E!  She slowly put her hand to her lips and held it there as if she would never feel anything so wonderful in her life, slowly turned her head and looked longingly out the window.  She put on her shy, I'm in love face.

 (yep, you guessed it, not the real event)

Her reaction could have put all actresses, everywhere out of business.  Will kept asking me why I was laughing, I couldn't say anything.  Every time I turned to answer him, I would see Shayla's face and start giggling again.  What am I going to do when this child gets older?

They arranged for another kiss on Monday.  We'll have to see what happens next, seeing as both sets if parents have talked to them, stating that at this age, they should probably only be kissing Mommy and Daddy.

Happy Valentine's Day

Shayla loves holidays. She has been planning her Valentine's outfit for weeks. She even wore her outfit to see the doctor for her kindergarten check-up, because his name is Dr. Valentine. She was excited to find out that Cambree had a Valentines outfit too. (You can't see it, but Shayla's sweater has hearts all over it.) Here's hoping you have a Happy Valentine's Day! We hope yours is every bit as sweet as ours.