Katie's 1st Haircut

Last Saturday we walked down the street to have Katie's hair cut by a professional for the first time.  I've cut it a few times but it really needed an expert's touch since I have no idea how to care for curly hair!  She was perfectly patient and sat very still the whole time.  It's not very different but she shaped it nicely and it's beautiful!  We can't go anywhere without people stopping her to tell her what pretty hair she has.  Here are the before and after pictures, and some silly ones that resulted from the sugar in the lollipop they gave her!

Pinkalicious!

Last Thursday, Katie and I went on a special mommy-daughter date.  My dear friend Sarah and her sweet 4-year old daughter Ava picked us up and we drove about 1/2 a mile down the road to JMU's beautiful new performing arts center, The Forbes Center, where we watched the JMU Children's Playshop present Pinkalicious.  It was a musical about a girl who loved the color pink so much that she turned pink!  Katie enjoyed it a lot and sat quietly through the whole thing, even though, (as she tells me about 15 times per day) her favorite color is purple :)  We topped off our evening with some yummy frozen yogurt.  It was a fun girl's night out!

Ben's Birthday "Party"

We have had a really rough spring here in the Witmer house.  One or both of the kids have been sick almost every week.  We wanted to so something special for Ben's birthday so we planned a very small party with a few friends, neighbors and my family.  Everything was all ready and then 2 hours before people were supposed to come, Ben got sick.  Everyone who had kids didn't come but my parents and our neighbors were here to have a little celebration.  Ben was a good sport and even ate some cake (he was a little tentative.  Had he been feeling well I know he would have dug into it immediately!).  Thanks, Mom and Dad, for making the trip and for all you brought, especially the beautiful cake, and thanks everyone who called and/or sent something.  He was still feeling well when we opened the gifts and he loved it!  Hopefully he'll be feeling well on his 2nd birthday!

Telling Stories

Andrew is part of a digital storytelling workshop at JMU and he produced this sweet little video in a few hours on his ipod touch.  Don't you just love Katie's expressions?  She's very animated these days.  Enjoy!   

Let The Fun Begin!