Haircuts, teasing, and another week slipped away...

Well, the beauty queen you see here went to "great clips" for a hair cut on Saturday and had a ball. She got her hair shampooed, cut, and styled with a lollipop to keep her busy while she waited for her sister. Now that we can see her eyes, she is cuter than we remembered. Of course a new hairdo requires new accessories... so off we went to the store to buy barrettes -  if two barrettes are good why not all six in your hair at the same time? Since she is the "queen" she wore six wonderful barrettes all day... 

Dylan was so funny while she was waiting for Tyler to have her hair cut, she didn't mind chiming in with her 10 cents on the situation... the stylist was having a heck of a time getting the tangles out of Tyler's hair (dreadlocks were forming - really - hence the haircut)... so the stylist made a comment wanting me to notice the mess and the 20 minutes it was taking just to get her hair ready to cut, I let her know I would make sure she had a decent tip while laughing... and Dylan said "mommy didn't want to yell at Tyler today"... so funny and true at the same time... Tyler has monstrously thick and long hair and does not take very good care of her hair... so when I help wash and comb her hair periodically (because it drives me nuts) we generally get into an argument because it is a gigantic mess... so Dylan was right on target and not shy about repeating that to strangers :).  So, Tyler decided on a shorter layered cut... she is not excited about pictures so I can just describe that it is flippy and falls at its longest right at the shoulder... long enough still for a pony tail and the very trendy comb over bangs... all the rage with the preteen set... So, my girls are now stylin'... and as you can see, Dylan will pose for the camera at a moments notice...  

To change the subject, I will tell you about Dylan's teasing streak... not sure where that came from, but she gets the whole concept of teasing her mother. Every now and then I fish for the loving comment and/or declaration of adoration towards mommy... so I thought I had the fail proof fishing lure... "Dylan, who is your favorite mommy?"... my little smarty pants looked at me with her spunky little twinkle and said, "Daddy is my favorite mommy! hehehehehehehe" and then we got to hear that all day, "Daddy is my favorite Mommy hahahahahah!" She finds herself so amusing, and so does her dad! 

I am not sure how time has come to speed up lately, the weekends get her much quicker than I expect... I think I am ready for a day off in the near future... We are headed to Palm Springs/Indian Wells in March so I think I can hold off for that... Of course Tyler is not looking forward to to the trip unless she can bring a friend... four days away from home with her family at a tennis tournament is about as exciting as a plate of spinach for her... she would rather starve :)! Luckily, Kirk is coordinating with some friends of ours that have a couple of kids Tyler likes to meet us out there, so she will choose to be a part of our family adventure... She might even have some fun , but I won't dare suggest it... the last time I commented she looked cute in her outfit, she yelled at me, "mom stop it, now I have to go and change!" I thought wow, I can't win for losing here... I am sure my mom will get a smile out of that experience as she might hold onto some similar exchanges with a much younger version of me :). Talking to a preteen girl is a slippery slope - moms can't win so sometimes I just have to ask myself how far down the slope I want to fall - other times I just want her to change because I don't want her to leave the house in the outfit and don't want her to know I hate it or she will wear it every day... (so I tell her cool she looks - mom saying cool is the kiss of death to anything in the room)  LOL - manipulation is not all bad right?