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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
SNOW DAY!!
Today, North Carolina got swamped in an inch and a half of snow (yes, I am being facetious)! Here, that means its a snow day! Pictures pending of the munchkin's first snow!!!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Beauty Basics for Baby!
Eek! The winter has taken its toll on mama's little sweetfaced beauty...her posh little pout is peeling, her cute little coif is crackling dry and her supple skin is sallow! :( Not to worry little one, mama's here to save face!!!
Kenna's hair is wavy, not so much curly, and drinks oil like a Hummer! Just when I resigned to saying good bye to her little pigtails to inevitable breakage from dryness, I reached back to my own mother's toolbox for some beauty basics...that's where I rediscovered LIV. That's not an acronym people, its a fantastic alternative to goopy hair grease! After being told by, count 'em four of my five aunties that hair styling was not my gift, they all gifted me jars of grease!...including Royal Crown! Around 6th grade, my mom discovered Liv, a dense moisturizing creme dress that kept my hair soft and manageable. I immediately ran to my neighborhood Korean- owned beauty supply, as I knew Target wouldn't have it...but the Koreans did. Eureka! Her little pigtails are better than new!
Onto her soft little skin and lips. I somehow knew that my go to lip balm(C.O. Bigelow) would burn my child's lips to toast and I hardly think the subtle tinge of color is appropriate for a 1 year old. Her skin was suffering big time, so I grabbed the one thing I hated as a toddler...olive oil! Before church, my mother would stand me on top of the camode and shalack olive oil on my face with reckless abandon. In her beauty book, a shiny baby was a pretty baby. Warning ladies: Just a dab will do ya here. If your kid looks like she/ he narrowly escaped a fish fry, you've done too much. Vaseline also works great for those extremely dry areas around the mouth and nose!
In other news, your favorite toddler mistook a portrait of Dr. King today as her daddy! During a ceremony at my center, she saw his picture and shouted and pointed "Daddy!". Upon my telling her "that's not daddy", she shouted even louder at the man she was convinced was her father. LOL!
Kenna's hair is wavy, not so much curly, and drinks oil like a Hummer! Just when I resigned to saying good bye to her little pigtails to inevitable breakage from dryness, I reached back to my own mother's toolbox for some beauty basics...that's where I rediscovered LIV. That's not an acronym people, its a fantastic alternative to goopy hair grease! After being told by, count 'em four of my five aunties that hair styling was not my gift, they all gifted me jars of grease!...including Royal Crown! Around 6th grade, my mom discovered Liv, a dense moisturizing creme dress that kept my hair soft and manageable. I immediately ran to my neighborhood Korean- owned beauty supply, as I knew Target wouldn't have it...but the Koreans did. Eureka! Her little pigtails are better than new!
Onto her soft little skin and lips. I somehow knew that my go to lip balm(C.O. Bigelow) would burn my child's lips to toast and I hardly think the subtle tinge of color is appropriate for a 1 year old. Her skin was suffering big time, so I grabbed the one thing I hated as a toddler...olive oil! Before church, my mother would stand me on top of the camode and shalack olive oil on my face with reckless abandon. In her beauty book, a shiny baby was a pretty baby. Warning ladies: Just a dab will do ya here. If your kid looks like she/ he narrowly escaped a fish fry, you've done too much. Vaseline also works great for those extremely dry areas around the mouth and nose!
In other news, your favorite toddler mistook a portrait of Dr. King today as her daddy! During a ceremony at my center, she saw his picture and shouted and pointed "Daddy!". Upon my telling her "that's not daddy", she shouted even louder at the man she was convinced was her father. LOL!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
What the Crap!
So...
We.Are.Sick
And by WE, I mean everybody en la casa de Brazile! It started off with Kenn, who came home from preschool (aka the germ box) with an upset tummy and the squirts. This phenomena quickly hit mommy and daddy who are too weak for words. After a long night that I won't go into, we realized some sad truths:
a. Kenn is our best hope for anyone taking care of us when we get old! She read me her fav stories, Hop on Pop and Blue Hat Green Hat, as I laid on the couch praying to God that my body would pick a climate and stick to it!
b. We have no friends here in the woods. We live at least 45 minutes from anyone who could come pick me up off the floor, and since the big sis is probably in church, we should probably consider this not happening again until we move to Durham.
c. I should probably get started on that resolution to attempt to make friends here. I am very social usually, but have long held the notion that since I have such fab girlfriends elsewhere, there was no rush. Yea, none of them can pick my lifeless body off the floor, so I probably need to re-visit that logic!
Hubby and Kenn are taking naps now, so I am going to try and will myself healed in the next hour!
We.Are.Sick
And by WE, I mean everybody en la casa de Brazile! It started off with Kenn, who came home from preschool (aka the germ box) with an upset tummy and the squirts. This phenomena quickly hit mommy and daddy who are too weak for words. After a long night that I won't go into, we realized some sad truths:
a. Kenn is our best hope for anyone taking care of us when we get old! She read me her fav stories, Hop on Pop and Blue Hat Green Hat, as I laid on the couch praying to God that my body would pick a climate and stick to it!
b. We have no friends here in the woods. We live at least 45 minutes from anyone who could come pick me up off the floor, and since the big sis is probably in church, we should probably consider this not happening again until we move to Durham.
c. I should probably get started on that resolution to attempt to make friends here. I am very social usually, but have long held the notion that since I have such fab girlfriends elsewhere, there was no rush. Yea, none of them can pick my lifeless body off the floor, so I probably need to re-visit that logic!
Hubby and Kenn are taking naps now, so I am going to try and will myself healed in the next hour!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Hello 2009!
Happy New Year everyone!
I am assuming most of us are back to work as usual! KB and I SO enjoyed having some time off. We had a play date while Kenn was in school that involved trips to the grocery store, the mall (roamed aimlessly)and TJ Maxx HomeGoods. For grown ups, that was a great day, haha!
The highlight of my time off was our FIRST FAMILY PICTURE since Kenn was 6 weeks old! We never got around to taking one, so I spent lots of time roaming closets to design the perfect looks for everyone, and literally fought with Kenn for an hour to do her hair. On the way to the studio, I encouraged KB to practice his smile. He has a great one, but usually, his pictures either make it look as if he's squinting or he does this partial mouth closed/ lips parted grin. He tried REALLY hard, as he let me know before we viewed the pictures...this is the outcome:
Can't say I loved it right away...In fact, I was a little peeved that EVERY picture looked exactly the same. But, the more I look at it, the more endearing it becomes... :)
Stay tuned for more news in la Casa de Brazile!
I am assuming most of us are back to work as usual! KB and I SO enjoyed having some time off. We had a play date while Kenn was in school that involved trips to the grocery store, the mall (roamed aimlessly)and TJ Maxx HomeGoods. For grown ups, that was a great day, haha!
The highlight of my time off was our FIRST FAMILY PICTURE since Kenn was 6 weeks old! We never got around to taking one, so I spent lots of time roaming closets to design the perfect looks for everyone, and literally fought with Kenn for an hour to do her hair. On the way to the studio, I encouraged KB to practice his smile. He has a great one, but usually, his pictures either make it look as if he's squinting or he does this partial mouth closed/ lips parted grin. He tried REALLY hard, as he let me know before we viewed the pictures...this is the outcome:
Can't say I loved it right away...In fact, I was a little peeved that EVERY picture looked exactly the same. But, the more I look at it, the more endearing it becomes... :)
Stay tuned for more news in la Casa de Brazile!
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