Going Forth

I found out that the posts can be back-dated, so I can go ahead with what's happening now and fill in the past at the same time and everything will be in chronological order. So, scroll down once in awhile to check if there's anything you haven't seen. Thanks for your patience everyone! (SS)

We're Still Here!

Apologies to the readers, if anyone is still out there. No, we didn't drop off the face of the planet. Life just got busy and then so much time went by I didn't know if I should jump in months later and leave a big gap of time, or fill in where we left off. I've finally decided to do the latter since this is our only type of ongoing record for posterity, so look for a series of retro-posts coming soon.

(SS)

Mercy's First Haircut

I've been putting barrettes in Mercy's hair for about a year now. She's always been a good sport about having her hair done, even asking for pigtails or a ponytail and sitting still for them. However, we finally reached a point where the front became unruly and I just couldn't stand Mercy peering at me through scraggly clumps of hair anymore, so I took her to get some bangs. She did really well. It may have helped that I went first and got some bangs of my own, and that we talked about what it would be like beforehand. Her favorite part seemed to be seeing herself in the big mirror. At some point we'll need to cut the back, too, but we're just not ready to lose her little waves yet! (SS)

Ice Skating!

Well, it turns out they make ice skates in toddler sizes. Who knew? Mercy and I had a chance to go ice skating and she loved it. I think it would have been WAY more fun for her if I could stand up on skates myself, but oh well. I held both her hands and we teetered our way part way around the rink, and then enjoyed watching the other kids. I wanted her to know what ice skating was so she would have a reference when we watched the Olympics. She loves describing her experience (how COLD it was, how ice skaters go "like this" and imitates them in her socks on the wood floor, and how the Zamboni goes round and round). She's so much more coordinated than I am, though. I bet if I had given her 10 more minutes on the ice she would have figured out how to do a double axle on her own. (SS)