Spun Glass Hair

We took Ryan to the Pediatric Dermatologist yesterday. After an hour on the road to get there, and an hour waiting, we finally got to see the doctor. Dr Cohen was a very nice man who flew into the room gave Ryan a high-5, pulled on his hair, looked at his teeth, and then flew out of the room again to get scissors and a camera. When he came back he brought two residents with him so they could check out Ryan's hair. He then took a bunch of pictures and clipped off a chunck of Ryan's hair off the top of his head, yes, the TOP OF HIS HEAD. Not that you can really tell, but still, what was he thinking. Dr Cohen said that he would be looking at the hairs under a microscope to determine if Ryan really has spun glass hair also know as uncombable hair syndrome. The doctor said that Ryan should outgrow it by the time he is 12 years old. If not, I guess he will always have a buzz cut!!

Elise and Layla

Layla has a little friend, Elise, in her nusery class.
Elise's birthday is nine days after Layla's birthday.
On Sundays Layla will refuse to go to nursery until
Elise gets there. Today, Jason was even in the
nursery as one of the teachers and Layla would not
go in, until Elise got there.



After church Elise and her family came to our house for dinner and a little birthday celebration. The girls played dress up with Layla's new dress-up clothes. They had presents and then cake.




Everything went pretty well until Elise (and her big brother Joseph) blew out Layla's three candles. Layla started crying. So Jason relit her candles. Then Elise was sad because Layla got to blow twice. All in all we had a fun third birthday celebration.

Grandma and Crapah

For Layla's Birthday Grandma and Grandpa (and Aunt Emily and Uncle David) picked Layla up and took her to the Rain Forest Cafe for lunch and then took her to Build a Bear. There she made a Doggy, Lovey. The Doggy is a mommy with a baby, also named Lovey.
Layla had a great time. When she got home she had a little party with her other grandparents as well. When asked if she had fun with grandma she said "yes, and I had fun with that girl too." pointing to her grandma...
Another amusing thing is that she can pronounce Grandma without any difficulty. But she pronounces Grandpa as Crap-ah. She will even correct herself if she starts to say in correctly...Silly girl!

Twins

For my birthday my mother-in-law paid my sister-in-law, Katie, to make Layla and me matching skirts. They are a pale blue with embroidered flowers with a white under layer. They are both wrap skirts, and they are both absolutely gorgeous. We got all kinds of compliments.
Thanks Patti-mom and Katie! WE LOVE THEM!

Our Yard Phase 2

These are the pictures after we put sod down on the bottom and have the first retaining wall finished. Jason is laying the final pieces of sod.

Our Yard, phase One

We have been doing a lot of work in the back yard...digging, and flattening, and building. Here are the phase one pictures! I am standing on the top deck taking these pictures.