New 'Do for O Too

Once O saw CK's new haircut she said "Now you're cuter than me." Can't have that! So Aunt J sat O down on the stool to cut her hair as well (which was the plan).

O put her hand to her chin and proceeded to tell Aunt J she wanted her hair cut "this short." No, "to my cheek." O figured if her hair was shorter than her sister's she would be cuter again. No competition here.

We love O's new haircut as well. Short hair will be so much easier for both girls! We're ready for Spring and Summer.

New 'Do for CK

About three years ago CK came to me and said she wanted to donate her hair to a sick child. She had seen something on TV. I was amazed she had such compassion at 3 years old.

Today was the day. Aunt J was in town and cut off an 11 inch pony tale. We have it in a zip lock bag and padded envelope ready to mail to Locks of Love. I am so proud of CK and we love her new haircut.

Tour of California

Wednesday we got to see our first professional bicycle race. The girls had fun once the cyclists rode by. They got their yellow pom-poms and inflatable noise makers.

All the big names were there—Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie, et al. C was actually hoping to see the Versus broadcasters (Phil Ligget, Paul Sherwin, & Bob Roll), but no such luck.

It turned out to be a beautiful day. This was the third stage and the cyclists had been riding since early that morning. They started in Modesto, in the rain, and ended in Downtown San Jose.

We hope to make this annual event.

CK's Piano Recital

CK has been taking piano lessons for a year (as of October 2007). Over the summer her teacher added voice as well.

A few weeks before Christmas CK had her very first piano recital. She did a great job and we are extremely proud of her!

Here are two videos from her recital. One is of her playing Good King Wenceslas and the other is of her singing The Bare Necessities.

Enjoy!

Go New York!

As Daddy went off to work today, the girls were playing in their room and I was playing with my new computer. 6pm rolled around and I thought I'd better make dinner. We hadn't been watching the Super Bowl at all, so I thought I'd better turn it on so I would at least know who won. The girls didn't want to watch the game at first, but I told them everyone else in the country was watching it we should watch a little of it. CK asked if it was a tradition. YEP, I told her.

The girls got totally into the game. I explained how to read the score and the time left in the quarter. I also explained how they score. Yes...I do know a little about football. I don't know the two teams and didn't have a preference on who won. CK was cheering for New York and O soon followed her lead. NY was ahead, after all, when we started watching the game.

Soon after we started watching the game, New England got a touch down and were now ahead. CK got nervous, but was soon excited again when NY got a touch down and was once again ahead. I told CK anything could happen, but NY was probably going to win since there were only 20 seconds (or something) left in the game.

The girls were both excited when NY won the Super Bowl. They wanted to call Nonna and Papa to make sure they saw it. "Did Papa see the Super Bowl?" O asked Nonna. She seemed satisfied when Nonna said yes. We, of course, called Daddy to tell him who won. He was surprised, then had to rush off back to work.

Our Super Bowl tradition has now started. I will have to plan a party for next year. The girls will love it.