The Haircut Photos!

Here are the photos of Adel's most recent haircut.

As usual, her hair flips in and out and all around for a few hours after a bath. And since these park photos were taken shortly after washing and cutting her hair, the ends aren't tucked under the way they are supposed to be.

Drinking her boxed juice like a big girl!

Lookie those cute Shabbos shoes!

Why is Adel wearing Shabbos shoes on a casual Sunday at the park? Well. Basically, when we got Adel her first pair of shoes, they had to meet certain criteria. They had to be high tops, lace ups, have arch support, flexible soles, and oh yeah, they had to be Ecco or Ricosta. And since I had to go to a store and get Adel measured, I was extremely limited in my choices. Going into summer, I also wanted something lighter than a high top bootie. As a secondary shoe, I bought the cute ones above. They basically broke all the rules. LOL. They have buckles, the worst kind of closure for Adel's needs. Not extremely flexible. And they were one size too large. I didn't even show them to the therapist. I fear she might have gone into shock. Adel wore them on Shabbos and any other time I wished to fancy her up a bit.
Well, a few weeks before this photo was taken, Adel was outgrowing her first Ecco shoes. Since I knew she needed Ecco in the next size, I was able to just get them online (instead of being limited to the local stores' stock.) I picked out this adorable pair:

 

I kept it for a bit until Adel really outgrew her first pair. I put these on her for the first time on a Tuesday. On Thursday of the same week Adel had an appointment with the orthotist. I wasn't expecting to get an appointment so fast, and I didn't imagine they'd give her orthotics right away! It all happened so fast, and on Adel's third day of wearing her new $65 shoes, I was told I need to get a bigger size to accommodate orthotics! Since Adel doesn't really walk, these shoes were mostly worn while sitting in the carriage and during therapy at home. They were new enough that I was able to return them!Yay! I was kinda sad to give them up, but at least everything went smoothly.

So while these sweet gray booties were traveling back to Amazon, Adel needed something to wear. That's where the Shabbos shoes came in! Adel wore them for about a week, until her orthotics came in.

I really got off topic, didn't I? Well, might as well finish the story. I had saved Zusha's baby Shabbos shoes to use for Gedalya, and even after Gedalya they were in good condition. I decided to take them along to the orthotics center to try them on over the orthotics. The doctor told me they fit well, so I went online and ordered new shoes in the same size.

Ralph Laurens for $12

I also came across another sweet pair that was only available in a size bigger, so I threw it in the cart as well.

Naturino for $22

Well, they arrived, and the Ralph Laurens were way too big! I thought to return them and order a smaller size, but when I went back online, they had gone up from $12 to $39!!
I just kept these two for later and got a pair for now at a local store where they fitted Adel first. I'll present it soon enough!

Oh, yeah, back on topic. Haircut. That was the topic, remember?
This is one of the last photos of Adel before the haircut, so you can see the difference. Not much difference in length- mostly in neatness.

.....aaaand, that's why I don't blog as often as I used to.

Zoom

Zooom!

Dash!


Fly!

Play!


(These photos are from April... it's so funny for me to see Zusha with small front teeth! I'm too used to his adorable too-large-for-his-face rabbit teeth. )

My Boss Doesn't Let

I have so much to post about! Lots of pictures, news and all that. But I haven't turned the computer on all week. My boss (Adi's her name) doesn't let. Every time I sit down, she crawls over, grabs my hand off the mouse and screams.
Most of her naps are spent in the stroller outside, and the few that are taken at home are too short for me to boot up the computer, load all the stuff I need and actually do something useful.
By the time I put the kidlets in at night, I am too tired to start with the computer. I always plan on cleaning up a bit and going to sleep early, but I just end up skipping to step two.

Sooo... I was going to post some totally random photos in this post, but it got so late that I must just hit publish. I will really try to post more next week! (And, right on cue, Adi arrived to boss me around. Ah, well.)

Gedalya's Place in the Sun

My kids have very defined strengths. Zusha is artistic and creative. He has a neat handwriting and loves to write. Gedalya is athletic and outgoing. He is a risk-taker and will try just about anything. He also reads fluently in English and knows the Alef Bais since 18 months old.

But Gedalya does NOT have a neat handwriting. He is an excellent speller, but when he writes something, it is unrecognizable. And that makes him feel bad.

That is, it made him feel bad... until he discovered a way of writing where his handwriting didn't matter!

Gedalya had just turned four when he wrote these.

Park:

This one is a little funny, but I guess I have a funny kid! What is it?

Zusha's what? "Zusha's pie." LOL! I have no idea. Zusha wasn't eating pie at the time. We didn't even have any pie in the house! He wrote it in my computer's log-in screen. Look how creative he is- couldn't put a space, so he substituted an = sign. And he even got the apostrophe right! (Apostrophe, comma... he's four, still time to learn.) No child of mine will abuse apostrophes, I will make sure of that!

And of course, abstract photography is a longstanding talent of his!

Haircut

In May, Adi got her first haircut. I lost my Mommy of the Year award for not blogging about it. Her hair was begging me for help.



Never having been cut, the edges were too fine and all different lengths. Therefore, she often sported the look above.
I couldn't just even out the edges, either, because not all her hair reached her neck. The only solution was to make layers. It felt somewhat daunting, but with the help of some scotch tape (to keep the hair in place and provide an even line) I did it!

First the bath...




and then the cut!

BEFORE:


AFTER:


The finished product!

You can't really see what the haircut looks like here, though. Her hair always curls up right when it dries. And I initially made the shorter layer too thin, which caused it to spring up even worse than before! Soon enough I fixed it up, cutting some more hair to the shorter layer.

I think it looked good!


Besides for that wayward wisp, but everyone's gotta have one of those- for character, right?

Some more views!





The shorter layer was even with the bangs. I think it was cute!

Well, eventually, as all hair is wont to do, it grew out. I had to trim the bangs to get them out of her eyes, so now they weren't level with the shorter layer. And the thin longer layer got even longer until...

...my poor baby had a shaggy mullet. I wanted to cut it, but I also wanted to grow it out and bring her to a hairdresser so she can get a real style. Eventually I couldn't take it anymore. Her shorter layer reached her neck and I just evened everything out into a bob. I didn't trim the bangs, I want to grow them out and get a reverse bob for her in a couple of months (front longer than the back, angled down.)

I don't actually have a photo of her new cut on the computer right now.

Yeah, it's kind of anti-climatic.

Will you accept some more walker photos as appeasement?




And I'll have the new haircut photos soon! They're not that dramatic, really. Only two of Adel's therapists noticed.