Haircuts

Good morning.  We had a pretty busy day yesterday.  We started our day dropping off some things at the post office.  Then I'd planned to go to the gym.  But then I tried talking myself out of why I shouldn't go.  Why must I do that to myself!?  But then we did end up going.  It always feels good when I get my workouts in, but the mental convincing it takes some days is torture.  I've been going to the gym on and off since October and last week it seemed like all the vampires showed up and took my favorite machine.  #newyearnewbies They weren't there yesterday, so I had my good workout.  

I should really just do a day in the life.  I've never done one before, but I think it might be fun to do Monday through Friday.

School went fantastic yesterday.  I don't get a smooth running day this nicely often, so I was soaking it up!

We have a goal to get Sterling fluently reading chapter books.  She's reading them now, just really slowly and not confident.  She's loving the Junie B. Jones and Billie B. Brown books.  But, she wants to start reading Magic Tree House.  We started going through her sounds activities and she didn't want to stop yesterday.  She doesn't need help with her beginning sounds, but we're doing them as a refresher.  Once she's done with segmenting and blending, I think she'll be a more confident reader.

This boy rocked school.  He independently took on his core subjects as I was working with Sterling.  When he needed help (which was only twice) I explained and then his light bulb moment went off.  He's a smart cookie.

After school, we headed to Raleigh and had our hair done.  I normally drop the kids off at the play place, but, when you have an evening appointment, you take them with you.  Sigh.  They were actually really well behaved.

So, I ended up having Sterling get a trim as well.

She's not a fan of the blow dryer

But, she loves straight hair so she'll put up with it.  Beauty is pain, right?

My hair didn't get straightened.  It was closing and I told my beautician that she didn't need to completely blow dry my hair.  I just wanted to see some of the color.  I don't think it's as blonde as I wanted, but it'll work for now.  I'm not usually too picky on the outcome of my hair.  It grows out or I can get it done sooner than normal if I really don't like it.  I'll snap a picture later today.

Today is the kids' Opa's birthday, so Happy Birthday, Opa!

Have a great day!