Month: May 2015

Next Thursday, is my daughter’s birthday. Tomorrow I’m having a cake made for her and I’ll make her very special dinner; lentil tacos, egg rolls and ice cream.

I already texted the BF about surprising her a bit early. He’s thrilled that he’s included on the early surprise.

It’s become a tradition for me to knit her an amigurumi. Can you believe I have not even started to knit one yet? Whatever am I thinking about? Of course, by now, my daughter *knows* I’m knitting a stuffed toy for her, she just does not know what? All her knitted/crocheted amigurumis have a special place of honor in her room. It makes me feel special that she loves her hand crafted items so much that she proudly displays them.

We’ll be celebrating at the BF’s house, so he won’t have as far to come. He gets off of work much later than me and he lives an hour away. In doing this, he’ll be able to celebrate her birthday, a bit early, and won’t feel disappointed that he won’t be there on her actual birth date; however, knowing him, I would not be surprised if he makes the trip on her actual day to see the both of us.

After all… this is the same man that drove one hour (after work) just to spend thirty minutes with us. It was a complete surprise. He made a cake just for her. Yes… he’s a keeper! 😉

Here are a few pictures that were taken of last nights Middle School Spring concert. The children always put on an amazing concert.

At times, it’s hard to believe these children are in middle school. There’s a lot of talent at our Lutheran School.

Much to my daughters delight, the BF was able to attend the event. He was coming from work and lives an hour away. We both had busy days and were extremely tired, but we enjoyed the performance put on by her Lutheran school immensely.

This morning, my daughter took the above photo. I was getting ready to start dressing for work.

While I really love wearing my dreads down, recently, I’ve been pulling them up in updo styles. My locks are so long that I can tie them around each other to secure and keep them up on top of my head. However sometimes I wear my hair in headwraps also.

I’ve included a few videos for your viewing pleasure. The first is how to maintain your locs.

Here’s a great video on how to wear your dreads in an updo. If you want to skip straight to the tutorial, just go to the 3:00 mark.

Elegant Updo