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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Fun Website

This is one of my kids' favorite websites. Jacob started playing on this website when he was 3 or so and I am pretty sure it's one of the reasons he reads so well. Lorelei calls it her ABC games. Check it out and guess what, it's free!!!! Gotta love that! Sorry, I tried to insert it as a link but blogger won't let me, so you'll have to do it the old fashioned way and type it in.

www.starfall.com

Thursday, September 24, 2009

It's time for another hairdo!

Greg laughs at me and tells me that I have a lot of hairdos on my blog. I tell him that in order to avoid it becoming strictly a hair blog I make sure that there are at least 2 other posts between hair posts. Doing hair is a fun part of my day and I like the creativity that it requires and that Lorelei looks so stinking cute afterwards. So here is a fun one and it doesn't require more than 10 minutes (unless you are a slow braider like me and it takes a bit more time). First make a zig zag part on the top of the head and then make a part from ear to ear, so you'll have a rectangle with a lightning strike down the middle. Does that make sense? Then take each of those sections and make an uneven braid on each side of the head.
To make an uneven braid just have the two outside sections be very thin and the middle be thick. Secure the end of each with rubber band. Then put those two braids into a ponytail with the remaining hair. You can stop there and it'll be super cute but I flipped the ponytail so that it kindof looks like a waterfall. Make a hole behind the ponytail holder with your fingers and bring the hair in the ponytail up from the bottom of the hole and tighten. Then curl the ends of the hair. I really should do step by step pictures. That all sounds very complicated but it isn't I promise. Good luck and enjoy.



Monday, September 14, 2009

Digital Scrapbooking

So I have been messing around with digital scrapbooking for the past few months. I have a lot to learn but I am enjoying it. I can do it with the kids running around me and I only have to make each page once, unless I forget to save it and then I have to start over. I like that I can change the sizes of the pictures and play around with their positions. Plus I am not afraid to use embellishments because I don't have to pay for them every time I use them. Here are the first two pages I did. I think they turned out okay, it doesn't hurt to have such stinking cute kids.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Greg's Backpacking Trip

Here are some pictures from Greg's latest backpacking trip. He and two of my brothers went up to Crimson Lake, which is somewhere north of Stanley Idaho. I think they had a good time. What do you think?