For about a year now Oakley has been begging to get her hair cut at Wal-Mart. I don’t think it was even that she really wanted a hair cut, she just wanted to have it done at Wal-Mart. A couple of the stores we go to has a little “salon” right near the front entrance and every time she sees it, she asks if we can stop for a hair cut. I finally decided that it was time for a hair cut, so I let her live out her dream. On Saturday we went to Wal-Mart to get her hair cut. It wouldn’t be my first choice of salons, but I figured it was just a minor haircut for a small child with very straight hair. Hard to mess up, no?
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This little boy was very sick last night. He was having a hard time breathing and was very close to a trip to the ER. I was so happy to be able to put him in the naughty corner today. That can only mean he’s getting back to normal!
The kids and I spent the end of the week in Twin Falls with Coy. He was back in Boise for a meeting on Wednesday, so we just rode back with him and finished out the week. It was a great idea to only have to take one car, but it was complete misery being trapped in a hotel room with the kids while Coy spent the day working. We got to the hotel at around 11:30 on Wednesday night. The kids had both fallen asleep in the car, so we were hoping to be able to transfer them to the hotel room undisturbed. That was wishful thinking. As soon as we hit the elevator, four eyes popped open and started to take in the new surroundings. Once in the room, the kids were fully awake and had way too much energy. Nash had no desire to sleep, but he finally gave in around 2:00am. On Thursday Coy had to work so the kids and I spent the majority of the day in the hotel room.
Nash hated the confinement and he spent the majority of the day trying to escape.
He was into everything in the room. His favorite was the mini fridge. He would take everything out and then put it back in…..for hours. He also enjoyed slamming all the drawers and flushing the toilet repeatedly. It was not a relaxing day. When Coy got home we had dinner then took the kids to Shoshone Falls. They were so happy to have room to run free.
When we got back to the hotel we took the kids to the pool. Oakley had been waiting for this moment for several days.
Nash didn’t want to sleep again that night, even after having no nap and only 4 hours of sleep the night before. It was insane and highly annoying. We headed home on Friday morning and made a stop at the alligator farm in Hagerman for the kids. It wasn’t very warm out so almost all of the alligators were in the water and were far from the fence. I don’t even know if Nash got to see one. He couldn’t wait to get to see the alligators, so he may have left feeling like we lied to him.
Looking at the fish:
It was very muddy and we totally saw this coming, yet we didn’t put a stop to it.
Nash had to ride the rest of the way home in a t shirt and diaper. It was really nice to get to spend some time with Coy, but I feel like I need a vacation now.
A couple of years make! I took this picture of the kids tonight as I was getting them ready for bed. It reminded me of a similar picture I took almost 2 years ago when Nash was just a tiny baby.
I can’t believe how fast they grow and change!
