Oh What Tangled Hairs We Weave

Doing hair is probably the one thing I don't look forward to. For some it's laundry. For others it's mopping floors. For me, it's definitely doing the girls' hair.

My many months of cosmetology training were worthwhile but there's something about the tangled hairs of little people that drive me nuts. Combing through the forest of thick locks, the moans, groans and Caniah's squeaky yelp, yes indeed, I would rather be mopping the floors.

Determined that someone else should share my burden, I taught each of my sweet daughters to shampoo their own hairs. I mean, they could handle that. So what if there's a little shampoo on the floor and the tops to our shampoo and conditioner bottles get lost, we should all have the experience of enjoying all those beautiful tangled hairs.

So it's settled. They shampoo and I condition. They comb out and I style. This is much better and we all end up with a happy mommy, daughters, and happy hairs. Now to plan a new lesson...how to clean up shampoo bubbles and replace tops immediately after using shampoo and conditioner bottles.

Deep Conditioning

Very Tangled Locks

Happy Girls with Happy Hair

Postpartum Weight Watching

Weight Watchers is advertising a new year - a new you. Well I'm not too sure about a new me but after gaining about 45 pounds in pregnancy, I could really get with a slimmer me. I love pregnancy and and child birth but when it's over, I kind of want to look normal I pressure myself to get the weight off. It's uncomfortable for me, and it's more cost effective than buying new clothes to fit an expanded figure.

So I'm three weeks postpartum and loving every minute of my new little one, watching her do new things and grow chunkier. I absolutely love it! However, at the same time, just because I have nine children doesn't mean I have to look like it. (I say that after having just indulged in a gooey, chocolatey brownie made by my expert brownie making ten year old.) Because I'm so eager to drop the pregnancy weight and, further, get down beyond my pre pregnancy weight, I'm going to start with an accountability journey right here on the blog.

I'm not quite ready (physically) to do any sense of working out but I can start eating better and the doc released me to do some light walking. So I'm going to start my weight loss journey tomorrow (post brownies).

Here are a few of my weight loss goals:

Three Weeks
1. To follow a lower fat eating plan and consistently take my supplements.
2.To get down to my pre pregnancy weight by the time I'm six weeks postpartum.

Two Months
1. To continue my eating plan and supplements.
2.To increase activity.
3. To go down one full dress size below my pre-pregnancy dress size.

Four Months
1. To continue my eating plan and supplements.
2. To maintain a routine workout schedule.
3. To go down a full two dress sizes below my pre-pregnancy size.

This is likely going to be a challenging goal but I'm praying that with nursing the baby I'll get an extra boost. At any rate, I'm looking forward to being a comfortable size so that I can keep up with all these children!

Shamrock Milkshake Cupcakes

I know it's a little early to be talking about St. Patrick's Day but here's recipe that I came across from Better Homes and Gardens. It's Shamrock Milkshake Cupcakes. They looked so cute that I thought I'd post them in the event that anyone wanted to try them. I think we may have to try this recipe. It'll be a great home economics experiment for my oldest daughter who's very into cake decorating.




Shamrock Milkshake Cupcakes