Haircut

 

 

Thatcher needed a haircut and I tried our luck with a local barber shop here in town again.  He got a great cut there a few months back.  This time it was just as quick and just as cheap.  He got to watch cartoons on the big screen TV and enjoyed a lollipop.  We left the shop with what looked to be a cute cut, all styled with hair gel. 

 

But then as it dried...

 

It looked a bit crooked.

 

and a bit "bowl-ish"

 

and then I realized....

 

his new haircut looked IDENTICAL to

 

 

LLOYD CHRISTMAS!

 

 

 

 

Thankfully sweet Sarah has some skills with scissors and helped fix my boy.

 

No more Dumb and Dumber do :)

Touch-A-Truck and a Barbie Party

A couple Sundays ago, we attended two events that couldn't be more on the opposite sides of the spectrum! The PEP Touch-A-Truck event and a Barbie birthday party for Samantha's friend Angelina. Both landed on the same day, at the same time. Todd and I did a divide and conquer so that everyone was where they needed to be and more importantly, everyone was happy!

Samantha had no interest in going to Touch-a-Truck once she put this outfit on.

 

 

But, she quickly changed her mind once she saw her friend Reese.

 

 

Samantha got to spend about 15 minutes climbing on trucks, police cars and ambulances before we needed to head out to the Barbie party. 

 

This is Sam with Angelina who turned 5 (look how petite she is compared to Sam and she is a few months older too!)

 

 

There are a few friends at Sam's preschool that she misses so much and Angelina is one of them.  Angelina went off to kindergarten this year but there is a chance that these two will be reunited again next year since we are in the same school district. 

 

Samantha is having her first can of Coke (Auntie Holley you must be so proud!)

 

Shaianne is another preschool friend Sam misses that went off to kindergarten this year too. 

This party was truly a Barbie Dream Party!  Or I should say a Samantha Dream Party! Make-up, face painting, a bounce house, a pinata, a snow cone machine, cake pops, cake, candy bracelets, boas, sunglasses, ring pops, glitter tattoos, nail polish ......

 

 

And while we were up to our ears in pink and sugar, Thatcher was doing manly stuff at Touch-a-Truck with his dad, like sitting in an army helicopter and every other type of vehicle you can imagine.

 

 The hair, the outfit, the shoes.....Oh Thatcher!

 

 

It is WAY past nap time at this point.

 

This face painter lady was BUSY because she was the same lady who painted Samantha's face at the Barbie Party!  I am not sure where she went first but she must have been zipping all over the 101 freeway that day.

 

Todd painted the signs again this year.  Nice work babe!

 

Apparently Thatcher got stuck upside down in a corner pocket of this bounce house.  There were a few moments of panic when Todd could not find him and then everyone was yelling and screaming when they located him.  Who knew you can get lost in a bounce house?!

 

 

 

And then once again, we all met up with each other, this time back at the Barbie party just in time for cake much to Thatcher and Todd's delight!

 

Samantha was looking a little "Barbied-Out" as we left the party.

 

Naps were skipped, WAY too much sugar was consumed, happy girl, happy boy, eventful (tiring) Sunday!

She is Beautiful Pinkest 5K

Last Sunday I ran in my first race, the She.Is.Beautiful Pinkest 5K, in preparation for the Team GSF race in November.

 

 

 

The dress code was PINK!

 

I'm so glad I had my friend Meredith with me.  Neither of us are really runners nor have we ever ran a race.  We had no idea how to pin our numbers on correctly or how to tie the little computer chip thing that calculates your time to your shoes.  Thankfully the group of women (no boys allowed in this race!) were really nice and encouraging throughout the whole day and helped us navigate through all the details.

 

 Action shot!

 

Thank goodness we had Andra and Elena running with us as well.  They set the pace for us and kept us going.  You can view a professional picture they took of us running here.

 

My only goal for the race was to keep running.  I didn't want to walk at all during the 3.1 miles.  After having had knee surgery on both knees a few years ago, in order to keep myself from getting reinjured, I really have to concentrate on my stride and how I land on my feet.  If I hit the ground in the slightest way where my knee is not tracking properly, it irritates my knees and I have to slow down or walk. 

I was pleasantly surprised when I accomplished my goal of running the entire race and REALLY surprised when we all finished together at a time of 31:06 which is a 10 minute mile (I am like a turtle running so this was fast for me!).  After we crossed the finish line I knew that I would be fine for the relay in November and I actually think I would be fine running a 10K next time.  It also helped that we ran along one of the most beautiful parts of Santa Barbara, starting at East Beach and then down to the Four Seasons Biltmore overlooking Butterfly Beach.  And holy cow, there are some athletes in this town, we watched women race past us in the 10K who were at the finish line resting by the time we made it in.  Some of them ran less than a 6 minute mile - WOW!

Our Team GSF practice race picture

 

And this is the reason I am running in November, so that one day Gwendolyn can too!  To learn more about my upcoming race and to support the cause, click HERE.

 

 

Done With Diapers!

Big, BIG milestone in the Fallon household, Thatcher is done with diapers!

 

About a month ago, instead of buying another box of diapers, we went for pull-ups.  And then a few weeks after he got the hang of pull-ups, we switched to underwear and now we are not ever looking back.  He even stays dry and wears underwear during naps (at night we use pull-ups still). 

 

Proud of you Thatchie-Boy - next stop, preschool (soon)! Slow down with all this growing up stuff except for the diaper part, we are fine with that.  ;)

 

 

Flamenco

Last week Samantha started flamenco dance lessons at Linda Vega Dance Studio.

 

 

Thatcher is not dancing but he wants to.  He also doesn't like to be upstaged by his sister so he insists on a photo by himself too.

 

 

 

 

Samantha was a little shy her first class but by the second week she really started to shake-it a bit more.  Several of the dancers in her class have been doing it for over a year and they are really good.  Sofia is the student teacher in her class which makes it even more fun for Samantha. We still need to get Sam real flamenco shoes (she is wearing tap shoes) and some flamenco skirts, but I am holding off until we see if she sticks with this for at least a month or so.  We are two weeks in, so far so good!

Dance Party



 

Somebody stole the show this night during the dance party...