Worlds Longest Drawing

For family movie night, a couple weeks ago, we watched Ramona & Beezus with the girls. I was a huge Beverly Cleary fan in elementary school, and I was looking forward to (hopefully) turning the girls onto her books.
Unfortunately, who needs Ramona when you have the likes of Amber Brown, Junie B. Jones or even that Whimpy Kid with the diary?
But I'm not giving up. I plan to surprise them with a kindle soon. I will have the Ramona series pre-downloaded on it. Then I will do what any evil scheming mother who wants their way would do, and I will tell them that the machine doesn't allow you to download another book until the current one's are read.
Yup, I'm THAT evil! Bwhahaha!

They did get a cool idea from the movie though. They were just dying to make the "worlds longest drawing", just like Ramona and her dad did in the movie. Fortunately for them, there just so happened to be an extra day in our weekend, and they just so happen to have the worlds coolest artsy fartsy dad, whom was also dying to create the "world longest drawing".

Yeah, that's him *sigh* just makes me all googley-eyed watching him get down there on that hard floor to draw with them for, like, three hours straight!


Even Ms. Deni (who's been terribly ill with flu) got in on the action for a bit. But she only lasted about ten minutes, poor thing. They're going to wait to color it in until she feels better.
Now, the coolest thing about "the worlds longest drawing", besides all the super cool art skillz in action, is that it occupied everyone while I worked on baby shower stuff.
Thank you super artsy fartsy dad, those hours were much needed!

One of the fun things about having girls- hair personality.
Sage is at that age where she is having fun with hers. As long as she maintains good grades and a good attitude, we don't mind letting her explore self expression through a little lipstick and hair dye.
It's actually kind of a kick watching her have fun with her style. She's always had really thin, stringy hair. Short hair helps to disguise this problem. So really, coloring her hair is her only option for something different.
She can go a more natural shade of brown:

Or she can experiment with something darker:

Or like most recently, she can sport a dark red tint to go with her crazy lipstick and collection of hats.

Whatever she decides to do, it's always something fun and exciting!

True's hair has gotten quite long over last few years. Her hair grows faster than most people. I tell her it's because she's my healthiest eater, and the result of always eating her veggies.
She's got that sleek and shiny long hair most of us envy.
Whether it's pulled back in braids-


Or falling down her back-

Whatever she does with it, it usually looks pretty good.
Her only complaints of growing it out (her choice) is the part where she has to wash it. She really only needs to shampoo it every other day, so I got her a shower cap to help her out.
As you can see, she doesn't exactly like the shower cap either.

Miss Deni's hair is quite a lot of fun. By some weird genetic throw-back, we somehow got a curly-headed little girl.
It can be a lot of upkeep though. Unlike Sage and True, she can't really go one day without brushing hers out unless, of coarse, she's going for the dreadlocks look.
But the curly hair can be fun.
Curly hair is good for the compliments on almost every outing.


It's also good for mermaid hair.

Or the big poofy pom-pom pigtails.

Right now I'm at a loss of what to do with my own hair. I've had it short for over a year now, and it's time for a change. I've been dealing with these awkward in-between phases and it's driving me crazy! I'm not sure how long I can last before I take the scissors to my own head! I think I'm having a hair-identity crisis!

How about you? What is your hair-identity? Are you like Sage, and like to change it up often? Or like True, enjoying a grow-out after a few years of short hair? Or, are you like Deni, making the best of what you naturally have? Do you have any pointers for me? Should I wack it off again or just be patient and let it grow?