New Do! Oh no...

So I’m going back to work in a few days and I wanted to have a new look. I made an appointment for a haircut with the woman who has been styling my hair for years. I have been letting my hair grow out since last September and it’s grown quite a bit, but waiting sucks. Anyway, I went in for a trim, and when I got there I asked about possibly coloring my hair. I really trust her opinion. She suggested doing some highlights. I was really excited and went for it. Well, when they took that towel off of my head and I looked in the mirror, I almost keeled over. My highlights were red. Literally, they were red. When she said red, I assumed she meant a natural hair color with a red base. I didn’t know she meant crayola red. I immediately looked at Esteban who said he liked it. He said I just wasn’t used to it. I couldn’t be sure if Esteban was saying it looked nice because he really thought so or just to be nice. Maybe I would feel differently in the morning. Maybe the color wouldn’t look as intense after the first wash. I don’t know. I immediately went to see my girlfriend Maria. She always keeps it real. Wow! It looks nice. That was her reaction. My 7th grade English teacher once said, “Nice is the word you use when you don’t have anything nice to say.”

I definitely can’t keep this look for work. It will never work. I work where we hire business professionals and preach the professional appearance policy to all the candidates. I keep looking at it and wondering what to do next. I look at myself over and over again in the mirror and I don’t know who I am looking at. I feel like the new look makes me look like an older woman trying to look young. Maybe this look is in now, as the hairdresser said, but I feel like I’m too old to pull off this trend. Only one thing to do now. I’ve made an appointment to go back to re-do my new look. New pictures to follow…

Jayden got his haircut too. I love his new cut. This time, it came out really well. I am thrilled. Not only that, he was so well behaved and sat pretty still. He tolerated the cape and he even sat still during the buzz portion of the cut. Here’s my little prince.

The Kids . . .

Sleeping Maya...
Sleeping Jayden. He's such an angel when he's asleep.

Here's Maya smiling at Daddy's funny faces.

Pretty smiles.

Big brown eyes.

Daddy and Jayden stand triumphantly, as Jayden finally wears a baseball cap without taking it off his head.

Here he is with his tiger cap.

Jayden and Rio at our cookout.

A Day in the Sun

Esteban took an extra day off today so that we could hang out together. I was so happy because my time at home is almost up and nothing makes me happier than spending time with my family. We were going to go to Little Lake Bryan, but I remembered a local pool from one of the mommy clubs so I looked up the place and directions and we left. The recreation center wasn’t too far and it was so nice. We had a wonderful day at the pool. Finally, Jayden reacted how I thought he would. He was so excited and tried to go in straightaway. We took a detour to find a spot first and since we were there early, we had first choice. We picked a table with an umbrella for Maya and immediately changed, lotioned up and headed for the water.

This place was awesome. This pool had a great set-up for toddlers. It was a zero entry pool and was clearly marked. We spent most of the time in the one through three foot section and that’s where they had tons of water sprays and tubes for the kids. Jayden loved it. The water was cool, but comfortable and the weather was great! Esteban and I took turns with Jayden and Maya and everyone had a great time. We were there for a little over three hours. It was a half day trip, but it felt so great to go. We really needed that!

Here's Maya hanging out in her suit by the table.
Here's me and Jayden by giant mushroom water sprayer. Jayden was giving me a big wet one.

Here's Jayden and Daddy in the water. They were having such a great time.