When I was little I had that kind of hair that you would brush after taking a bath and it would dry all wonky. Strait in some places, curly in others. I would complain to my mom and she would tell me to go eat burnt toast. Because her uncle told her that burnt toast would either put hair on your chest or curl your hair. Being young and knowing that I had a 50% chance of getting the outcome I wanted I ate up all the burnt toast I could. Surprise surprise. Nothing happened. I still had wonky hair. So after a series of perms I decided to throw in the towel and just suck it up that I would have to straiten my hair every day. And I did for years. I even went super short for a while because I didn't take as long to straiten. 6 years ago I decided to try the curls again. I cut off 10 inches of hair and went curly. It was okay but I still liked my hair strait better. After a few months I went back to the straightener. Every once and a while I would go on a curly spree. But it never lasted long. I got tired of not having the curls I wanted...they're dull and limp and by the end of the day I was unhappy. It wasn't until a few months ago, after having Prime that I lost a TON of hair (did that happen to anyone else? Hardly lose any during pregnancy and then when baby pops out lose a ton?) all the new hair that has come in has been super curly and I don't know if it's always been that way and I've just have straitened the life out of it too soon but it's awesome. I was satisfied with the curls. I left it alone during the week (living with headbands to try and mask my frizzy halo) and then straitening on the weekends when I had the time. It wasn't until I saw this post and it rocked my world. (check out my friend, Debbie's, blog...she does vintage sales and has some vintage suitcases that I drool over...she also has a bunch of other awesome things up for sale.) I went to the salon that she mentioned (it's right down the street from me...fate) and after about a week of playing around with the product and hydrating my poor hair I am one happy curly girl. I LOVE IT! I've never gotten any positive comments on my hair unless it's strait. And now every one's like: did you perm your hair? - it looks great! It brings me back to the child hood days of eating all that burnt toast (to this day I still eat everyone's burnt toast...habit?) Anyways...this was a really long story...and there are many more layers to the life long drama that it has been to have what I thought was wonky hair. Now I know I just didn't know how to care for it.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Burnt Toast
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
A New Back Yard
Matt's been working super hard to complete my parent's back yard. My dad wanted a place where his grandchildren could play. I think it happened. It looks fantastic and the kids LOVE it! Matt had some help along the way but he did about 80% of the work himself. He amazes me.
View from the other side |
Patio and pergola |
A close up of the climber |
Matt humoring me for a picture |
p.s remember my post about the apothecary console? It's finished! head over to ellie & fern to read more!
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Montessori Girl
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
A blog formerly know as Lime-Made
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Girls Night
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Did you miss it?
Ellie & Fern Boutique Sale
Saturday, March 19
8am - 12pm
So...we couldn't help ourselves and have added a bit more to the batch. Headbands...like the one I'm wearing in this picture and aprons with matching pot holders - completely adorable!
Hope to see you there!
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Apothecary Awesomeness
I think my husband may be building me something like this...I'm completely psyched...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Ellie & Fern Boutique Sale!
Come check it out!
Lots of fun handcrafted items!
THIS SATURDAY
MARCH 12 2011
8:00am - 12:00pm
Some of the items:
toddler boy ties
headbands
rings
receiving blankets
nursing covers
tote bags (shoulder, hand, and repurposed)
ring slings
pillows
&more!
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Stand For The Right
(Pardon my late night raccoon eyes)
Disclaimer: I do not know sign language...(except for baby signing time...) BUT I did run all the signs past my cousin who is fluent...so she says they are good...and that's good for me. If it's not good for you, run it past someone else and make adjustments. You can sign "words" differently but I liked the "W" association so that's why I stuck with that one...
enjoy!
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
March in Room 4
I don't know if I'll be doing this that often but I'm on a kick so either enjoy...or just skip it. These are my March Practical Life Shelves. For the first 2 weeks we are doing St. Patrick's Day and Rainbows. I haven't decided for sure what I'll be doing between Spring Break (yeah!) and Easter. My children really need the shelves changed every 2 weeks or so..I wish they would last longer...but they don't. I always know when I let it go a little too long - they get a little crazy. (I usually try to blame it on the weather or something but usually it's all my fault).
Top: (from L to R) clover spooning, coin tonging, clover tonging (this one is tricky because they have to hold the tongs farther up in order to grasp the clovers in the jar).
Middle: Tree lacing, ball stringing, Dr. Suess match and lace
Bottom: Rainbow weaving, Rainbow Buttoning
Top: St. Patrick pouring, Share Pouring, Pouring and spooning
Middle: water bottle squirting (They LOVE this one - the goal is to fill the bowl with water from the squirt bottle...it's actually really challenging...even for the adults). Straining with a hand strainer, straining with a colander.
Bottom: Barrel of Monkeys, spring puzzle, building box (connector pieces are inside)
Some closeups:
Rainbow weaving. The rack is from the $.99 store and the ribbon is just hot glued (I singed the ends with a match so they wouldn't get gross.)
I made this buttoning pillow. Felt, ribbon, buttons, and a little fluff. The red one is sewed with the ribbon on the front of the flower to show that it goes first.
One of my student's doing the Barrel of Monkeys. I've done this in the past the traditional way (pour in out on to the table (we poured them onto our tray) and pick up the monkeys from there) but for my age group it's a little too challenging and frustrating. The bowl solves all the problems. First they hang the monkeys on the side of the bowl then collect them one by one to see how long they can make their chain. He's doing a pretty good job, right!?
I wish I had gotten a better picture of my sensorial bowl...but this is the best I've got. The children love digging under all the pipe cleaners for the rocks and gems. There are 10 Celtic shapes to collect. But most of the time they spend scooping the rocks out of the bottom.
In case you're wondering what's in the bowl:
white, gold, and green pom poms
green and gold pipe cleaners
2 different kinds of green gems
Celtic shapes
Shamrock confetti
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