Hair Cut Time
Has this week been hectic or what? I’m beginning to think that a weekly blog would have been a better idea than a daily one. OK, that’s not true. With the way things have transpired this week though we’ve been left with little time to do anything, much less keep a regular routine.
That was until today. Today it was head down and bum up as I worked all day and night in an effort to catch up.
The two biggest things on the agenda today were to donate alot of what we have collected over the last 5 months to charity and to get haircuts for the boys. Yes, for all of those that laughed, that means no more bobby pins for Ben and no more pebbles styled pony tails for Luc.
As much as I hate to talk about it, our plans for going home are progressing slowly as the days go by. We’ve accumulated some serious toys and clothes since being here so it was with some relief that Kelly was able to donate some of it this morning. We arrived in the US with 4 x 50lb suitcases. We are allowed to take home 6 x 50lb suitcases. It’s too bad we can’t take it all with us but I’m not sure that we’ll need a size 3 snow suit in a year’s time anyway.
Perhaps the most difficult thing in coming here was having to set up a child friendly home knowing full well we had just left one behind. Toys, games, activities and winter clothes were the biggest thing we spent our money on. These boys have more toys than they’ll ever need waiting for them at home and with the Christmas presents that Santa left there, they won’t miss a thing that we don’t bring back with us.
With respect to clothing, it’s summer there right now and by the time winter rolls around they won’t fit into anything we have here anyway. (Oh yeah, and the Sydney winter doesn’t quite need the sort of extreme clothing that the Wisconsin winter needs so I think we’ll be alright).
The beauty of purchasing things that we knew we couldn’t take home though was that at some point (today as it turns out) a family who needed them more than we did would get them. That was a good feeling. We kept most of the toys for now but come a few weeks time there’ll be some very happy little boys and girls out there somewhere.
Next item for Kelly, whilst I was still typing away, was to get the boys hair done. Whilst she took them out separately I literally sat here, in the position I am now, for the best part of 14 hours.
Ben loves having his hair cut; he knows it makes him look extra handsome. His posing for photos has become extra good since having it done as you can see above. Luc on the other hand is like a worm trying to avoid the hook. It’s incredible. If ever you want to see a real life bobblehead in action, Luc at the hairdressers will not disappoint. As you can see by this pic (the best of about 15) we didn’t even bother with the back ‘cause he was going totally bonkers.
Apart from speaking with the Associated Press about the Packers chance this weekend and what it means for us, the rest of the afternoon and evening was very low key. I even got to take a break and watch a little TV with a cup of hot chocolate. Thank goodness for the DVR.
