Specfics are important!

How does a 5 year old clean her room??

 

I have learned that I need to check the completion of a task.  I was too late this day.

I love my husband!

I have no caption for this!  Any suggestions??

Ryleigh's hair crisis #2

Remember Ryleigh's first hair crisis? I knew that was the first of many.  So here we are about six weeks later and on another hair crisis. 

I babysit a little boy (Cole) and a little girl (Kaylee) three days a week.  Last week during quiet time the girls were playing hair.  This has happened several times before so I though nothing of it.  After maybe 20 minutes Ryleigh comes into the kitchen and asks for help to get a comb out her hair.  When I turned to see it I was shocked!  This is what I saw. . . .

I was speechless!  I asked what Kaylee was trying to do and was told that Ryleigh wanted her hair curled.  I put Ryleigh up on a stool and started to see what I could do.  While I was working I thought I should probably prep her in case I can't get it out and we have to get it cut.  She was not happy (can't say that I was either).  I tried and tried for 45 minutes and couldn't get it out.  So I told Ryleigh we were going to go to a haircutting place and it would probably end up getting cut out. 

When we got to the salon the hair stylist were confident they could get it out.  The hair stylist put Ryleigh into a chair and got to work.  She at first used a rat tail comb and wasn't very successful.  The second attempt was to use a hair product to give the hair some slip.  After she tried for about 20 minutes the hair stylist was successful. Ryleigh's hair was definitely curly. 

We had to do a small trim to get rid of the damaged hair but we were able to save her already short hair!

 Needless to say I bought some of the product they used and will keep it on hand for the next episode because I am sure we are far from being done with hair traumas. 

Silly kids

While Doug was gone on his AT (annual training) for the military I bought the kids goggles. They were so excited they wore them most of the day.  The kids CRACK me up, you can't help but love them!

High Park Fire update



This is a picture taken by the Coloradoan, a local newspaper.

According to the Larimer County Emergency web page the High Park Fire was 100% contained on July 1st.  The fire burned a total of 87,284 acres and 259 homes.  The fire is estimated to cost of $38.4 millions.

There has been much devastation to the area.  Shortly after the containment there have been fierce rains and now flash flooding is a big concern.  The Poudre Canyon has been closed at least once because of mudslides.  My parents were able to take a drive up into some of the area where the fire was sent me a couple of pictures. 

 This is Pingree Park area

This is Highway 14 (Poudre Canyon)

Below are some pictures that a friend of mine took (Thanks Deedee) of the thank you signs that were around north Fort Collins, Laporte and Bellvue area.  This is only a few of her pictures and she saw several that she didn't capture in picture.

I am truly grateful for all of those that worked on and continue to work on the High Park Fire.  Those mountains have many memories for me from growing up.

Thank you to all of our first responders!

First Zoo trip of the summer

We took our first trip to the zoo and had a blast!