She bangs!

What a week we've had! Last Friday Bianca surprised me (actually, I think she surprised herself a bit, too) by snipping off a good portion of her hair at the hairline. I know--many, many kids do exactly the same thing at this age. It's sort of funny when it's another person's kid! But it's a bit different when it's your own beautiful baby holding the scissors.

It wasn't the actual haircut that bothered me, of course--she could be bald as a cueball and I'd still find her adorable. It was just sad for me because the result made HER sad. She kept brushing her hair and telling me she was changing it back and then she started crying when she realized that the hair was really gone. So, she got a haircut and a life lesson: sometimes our actions have consequences that we don't always like!

This photo really shows the damage. She wasn't messing around.

Cutting some new bangs to hide the damage. Luckily, she's a Jacobson with straight straight hair, which made things easier.

Her new look! She's back to her normal bubbly self and her bangs are really cute. I hope she doesn't try this trick again anytime soon though. (And all you moms of girls out there--just wait! Your turn is coming...) :)

Art gallery

Last night while I was making dinner Bianca was working on some artwork downstairs in the playroom. She kept coming into the kitchen and asking for tape, which she sometimes likes to put on her pictures. I was busy, so I just doled out some tape and went back to cooking. Later, when I went to crawl into bed, I found that she'd drawn me a picture and taped it to the wall beside my bed.

She made one for Steve and taped it to his side of the bed--and one for Mia, which she put up in her room.

Is this girl just the sweetest or what? :)

Crawling is so 2010

We have another full-fledged walker!


2011 will be full of new adventures with two fully mobile Jacobson girls on our hands. Look out world! Happy New Year!

The Not Its!

So I don't make it to many grown-up concerts these days, but luckily, Seattle has a rockin' kids music scene! A bunch of moms in my playgroup took our kiddos to a concert by the Not Its!, a Seattle kids rock band. B warmed right up and was groovin' in the mini mosh pit up front in no time at all.

Snaps to our excellent Tacoma Public Library system for putting on fun concerts like these. Super fun on a sunny winter day! And the kids were definitely tired out afterward. :)

Sorry for the wobbly camera work. Mommy may have been dancing a little bit too. :)

Merry Christmas to all!

Hope everyone had a magical Christmas! We're discovering the magic of holidays with kids (We thought Christmas was fun when B was a baby, but wow! Christmas with kids who really get into it--like 3 and up--is a whole different story!)

Bianca woke up at 6am sharp. Steve talked her into staying in her room, but 15 minutes later we heard her knocking on her door, wailing "The clock is NEVER going to say 7!" I remember how hard it was to wait until Christmas morning when I was a kid. So I let her come out and take a peek at the tree and all the presents. :)

This is Christmas Eve, in their Christmas jammies. (These photos are out of order, sorry.)

Opening her dress up trunk. We were treated to fashion shows all day long!

Mia loves hats!

YUM!

Mia's exact words: "Cheese cheese cheese cheese cheese."

Beauty queen smile. She just never gets tired of hamming it up.

Giving a concert.

Every princess needs an iPhone! No, she didn't get one for Christmas--it's Aunt Laura's.

It was wonderful! But Christmas with kids is tiring. I think I need a holiday to recuperate from the holiday. :)

Snaps

Just some fun snaps of Mia from around the house...

Actually saying "cheese."

"Here, mom. I pulled this off the tree. And I want you to have it."

Having a par-tay with sissy's books!

Our sleepyhead. This one is a sleeper. She'd snooze all day if I let her. I was trying (and failing) to wake her up from a nap. I love sleeping-baby pics...and her little round belly.

Santa!

We visited Santa today. Love B's deer-in-the-headlights look! "Um this is a little bit more intense than I thought it would be and I don't really feel like talking much but they're telling me to smile and I will get a lollipop in a minute so I'm just going to FREEZE and get this over with!" She told him she wanted "a present." OK--that can be arranged!

Mia was a bit, oh, bored with the whole thing. :)

Here's our shot from last year, with the same Santa. However, last year he looked a bit rosier. This year he looked like he might have been spray-tanning. Hey, no judgment here--Santa's got to keep up with the times! Really, he's a great Santa and very good with the kids (we went to the Tacoma Mall).

What a difference a year makes!