Bath Time

Story Time Part I

On Saturday mornings, we've been meeting Kariana's friend, Emma, at Barnes & Noble or the library near our house for story time. Kariana and Emma enjoy story time while Emma's mommy, Teresa, and I have time to chat and catch up. Emma's daddy, Stephen, has been tagging along, but he spends most of his time chasing Kariana and Emma trying to snap pictures. This has become a bit more of a challenge now that they are both mobile! Teresa and I had to pin them down so that Stephen could get them both in a picture. And below is a short video at the library. After several attempts, Stephen was able to capture them walking aimlessly in the same vicinity of one another. This might seem like a simple task but I assure you it is not.

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! A typical Sunday at the Carlson's. We went to breakfast this morning at Buffalo Grille and decided to attend church at St. Mark's instead of the Cathedral. Tonight we'll have hamburgers for dinner and eat the Crave cupcakes Tobin and Kariana bought for our Valentine's dessert. Yum! This week we look forward to our pancake supper on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday begins Lent. No more red meat in the house for the next 40 days. Here is Kariana showing off her new Hello Kitty purse, a Valentine's gift from Aunt Kari, and playing around the house this morning before her nap. She's started to feed her stuffed animals with her sippy cup/bottle.

First Bob

On Saturday I finally caved and we took Kariana to get her first haircut. I've been procrastinating because I dreaded cutting those cute little curls that were forming at the top of her shoulders, but one of my biggest pet peeves is long straggly hair on little girls. Long hair on little girls can be cute. Who can resist pig tails? But when it gets too long and tangled up it looks straggly. Kariana's hair was beginning to look straggly. So we decided on a classic Bob. The Bob never goes out of style. No matter what the current fashion says, it is always there. So after a lot of screaming and crying Kariana has her first Bob.

Needless to say, getting a haircut did not go over well with Kariana. When we first arrived she enjoyed playing on the cute animal chairs, but when it was her turn to be strapped into the chair, Kariana didn't want any part of getting her hair cut. She screamed and cried. In the end it was worth it and my little Kariana looks so grown up with her first Bob.