More Dance Pictures!

Back by popular demand...new dance pictures below! There are not any of the girls actually dancing, since I have to dance also, but I got a few shots of them doing stretches and warm-ups. Here is Ainsley and Miss Cherrie waiting for the class to arrive. Ainsley is playing with the ribbons they use during the freeze dance. It's Cherrie's bribe dance. Anytime the kids are acting up or not doing as they're told she says, "If you don't get on the line you don't get to do the freeze dance!" It's funny...those little toes run straight back to the red line every time!

Ainsley and her friend Jacee (just a month older) still waiting on their class...

Apparently there were a lot of people out of town. There are usually about 7 girls, but this week we only had the three little girls (the 2 year olds.) The other girls are all 3 years old. When the older kids are there, our little girls do much better. Apparently mocking their friends is more fun than following directions! :)

Toe stretches!

If you didn't know, I cut hair. I don't have a license or anything, but I love to do it. My mom went through a cosmetology program at her high school (although she has several degrees and never worked in a salon) and cut our hair my entire childhood. She did all of our perms too. Actually, I had only been to a salon once in my life until college. Then my roommate also went through a cosmetology program at her high school and put herself through college by working in a salon. So she taught me a lot of things as well. We even used to go up to the salon late at night and do hair! So, I've been cutting hair for about 15 years now...my poor sister was my guinea pig for years! I made a lot of extra cash in college by cutting hair...even cut 12 inches off of my professor's hair once!

So, last night a friend and her husband came over for me to cut his hair. He pays $16 for a cut, so it saved them a lot of money during this time when things are so tight. Is that really ow much a man's haircut cost? Wow! Anyway, when I finished, I trimmed Clint up a bit to get ready for Christmas, and then Ainsley climbed up in the chair. She got her booster seat and everything and said, "Ainsley needs a haircut!" Oh, I forgot to mention that we had also taken Benji to the groomer's for a haircut yesterday. So she was really feeling left out, I guess. Her hair has always grown so slowly in the front and fast in the back, so I cut the back quite a bit. I'm working SO hard to get rid of her terminal mullet! She needed a trim up anyway so I put the cape on her and began to snip. She was SOOOO still! And she wanted to see every piece I cut off. It was so cute! I cut about 2 inches in the back and now the front is only about an inch shorter than the back....getting closer. She still has a lot of short hair in front that looks like bangs, though. I think it may take years to get that to grow out! Before...
Here is our after shot. It's just a short little bob. Cute when her hair is wet and curly! She was so excited and wanted to see her hair as soon as she woke up this morning!
So, there is my hair history story. If anyone ever needs a cut or color (foils or all over) just give me a call! I'm as free as they come and I love to do it!

Well, the car is packed up and we're leaving first thing in the morning for Oklahoma. We're planning to come back Sunday evening, though, so Clint can work on Monday. I am beside myself with excitement because this will be the first year in 8 years of marriage that we'll be home on Christmas day! I seriously can't wait! Plus I get to go to my first Christmas Eve service!

We'll be at Clint's parents tomorrow evening for our gift exchange. It will be different since my sister-in-law and her husband just split the weekend of Thanksgiving. They were together for 4 years and he had a little boy, Blaine, who was Ainsley's only cousin for a long time. She keeps talking about playing with him...I haven't quite figured out how to explain it all just yet. She really did adore him, but we'll probably never see him again. We'll be at my parents on Saturday and probably see grandparents during that time also. It will be my niece's first Christmas and also the first time for both of the girls to be at Mimi's house together. Hopefully Ainsley will be so excited about playing with Hailey that she won't focus on missing Blaine too much!

I didn't get to my cookies, but I finished my cheese balls and every last present is wrapped. We also put Ainsley's kitchen together (from Santa), which took 3 hours, and all of the laundry is caught up and house is picked up. So, I'm feeling a little like super mom right now! Now I just have to find a comfortable position and try to fall asleep. That's the hardest part! :)