The Haircut

Katie was so excited to get to Nikki's and get her hair cut off.

I had to make sure that I had at least ten inches of hair to donate.

After Nikki made the right length ponytail, she cut it off!

My hair felt so light.

Here was the hair I lost!

Then Nikki had to make the bottom of my hair look good.

It felt so good to have less hair!

I loved it!

Thank you, Nikki!

That Long Hair

Katie's hair was getting so long. In normal times, Katie gets her hair cut right after her dance recital in June and then lets it grow for the year. Last June, everything was shut down and Katie just decided to let her hair keep growing. In recent months though, she has gotten really tired of her hair - mostly because of the tangles that always got in it. She asked if she could go with my mom and Garyldine to get her hair cut. Her plan was to donate her long hair to Locks of Love. Before she left, I took one last set of pictures of her long hair.

My hair probably would have shown better with a different colored shirt on, but you can still see where it ends.

My hair had never grown to this length before!

Playing with Mickey and Minnie

As soon as Katie could, she changed Minnie's and Mickey's clothes into their Chinese New Year outfits. She was so happy!

I love that my stuffed friends have different clothes!

Valentine's Mail

 As always, Katie was happy to find mail in the mailbox with her name on it! 

I got this Valentine from my cousins, Ian and Eva!

It had stickers inside!

The card opened up so I could play Tic Tac Toe with the stickers!

Then I got another Valentine from Grammy Noreen with an Amazon gift card!

Thank you so much for my mail!

Seeing Aunt Jennifer

After being stuck at home for days, we were so excited on the first day that we could drive again. One of the first things we did was to go and see my sister. Katie was so happy to see Jennifer and was also so excited to get a Valentine's/Chinese New Year gift from her.

I was surprised to have a gift waiting for me!

How happy it was to see Mickey and Minnie Mouse!

Aunt Jennifer knows how much I have missed Disneyland!

She got me these cute Chinese New Year clothes that I could change them into. Thank you, Aunt Jennifer!

Trudging Through the Snow, Ice, and Slush

When we had our snowstorm, we were pretty much homebound for four days. In our area, none of the neighborhood streets are plowed, so when you have much snow, the roads are a giant mess. When this happens, I usually can't drive my car up the hill in our neighborhood because it's too slippery.

Since my mom lives a block or so away from us, Katie and I spent a lot of time walking between my house and her house. We were happy on the day that the tire tracks were finally cleared so we had a steady place to walk.

I was so happy when we could finally walk somewhere without sliding!

Drawing People

Katie has been working so hard lately on learning how to draw people. She practices every day.

I ran out of drawing paper, so I just used one of my journals to practice my drawing.