Hanna's hair

It has taken me about 2 weeks to finally write this post. Hanna had beautiful long black hair. I would fix it each day with pigtails or a ponytail. It was beautiful. Notice how I was using the past tense! Well a few weeks ago, she got up before the sun and I told her she could go play. Well, she didn't really play. She got out the scissors and cut off her beautiful hair. It is shorter than mine. Yes, she did get in trouble. Not really for cutting her hair, but more because she broke two rules. 1. She isn't supposed to play with scissors without permission. That is why we keep them up high. 2. She is only supposed to cut paper. I would never have dreamt that she would have done this. Anytime I would tell her that she needed a hair cut, she would cry and say, "No, girls have long hair". I was sad, but I'm getting over it. Some people even say that it is cute. I'm getting there, but not quite! :)

Surprise Reese!

In January, Reese started asking for a surprise party for his birthday. I told him that he couldn't plan his own surprise party, but had it all planned out in my head. Last weekend, we surprised him with 3 of his buddies from school. They came over right after school and I brought Brooks and Reese home at our usual time. He had no idea! :) Jerry met him at the door and told him he needed to show him a new ping pong trick. As soon as they started playing, his buddies jumped out from behind the couch! It was priceless. Then I never told him anything about his family party. He kept asking when it was going to be, but I told him that we were busy and I didn't know when it would be. Friday night, he went home with Mamaw Albaugh and got to have a boys night. Then mom brought him home on Saturday. She blindfolded him after lunch and he was clueless! He walked up the steps to everyone standing in the kitchen. Boy was he surprised again when we took off the blindfold! Too precious. Being 8 is bliss! :) Happy Birthday baby boy! :) I can't believe he is 8! PS - I'll post pictures soon!