Thursday's tip...

I have all sorts of tips out here to share. Some I read on the internet and some I just figure out on my own...

Today's tip could be life changing for some...


Wash your hair twice when you shower. Seriously this makes a huge difference!

You can train your hair to not wash it daily. It won't happen right away though but over time your hair will produce less oil. I have dry hair so my tip works longer than most for me. But you, too, could at least get an extra day too.

Try it.

Some of you doubt and say you have really oily hair Just try it.


Read more about it here love this blog...
http://www.hdofblog.com/2010/06/hair-answers-shampoo-ing-less-often/

There are three more posts under the label dry shampoo for more info...


Then if it works for you thank me for the extra hour you gain when you skip blow drying.

Dance Dance Dance!!!

This fall I was in search of a good dance class that included both tap and ballet, was close to home, was reasonable priced, and offered a class before school (afternoon kindergarten). Pretty steep list huh? With good luck (and a good friend) I found this and more because the studio is wonderful! I love watching the girls take tap, its really adorable. Their teachers are awesome! The girls have detected how much I love them doing it and have asked me a lot about my experience with dance. Hailey says she is going to take her twins to dance class someday just like me. Ha ha.

 

The girls were a little done with pictures at this point. I think its so funny how similar their faces look in it though. They have almost the same mad face!

Sparkle Bear...

As luck would have it Sydney had Sparkle bear the first day she had to wear her glasses to school. Sparkle bear comes home with a child who is really good at school. He/she gets to spend the day with that child and the night and then the child shares the visit with the class. It's a big deal around here.

Going to Kindergarten with her new glasses was causing some major anxiety for Hailey so I decided it would help to invite a friend over to take her mind of it and reinforce that its no big deal. In addition we had a special treat and went to McDonalds. The friend was the perfect choice because she is so sweet and told the girls how great they looked. 
 
Sparkle bear got to join in the fun too!



Sydney had to color a picture of Sparkle doing something.

When we arrived at school the girls got noticed. Most kids were nice (Sydney was worried about being called four eyes) one came and sat with me and told me, "I don't think the girls should wear those glasses again". I had to remind her how fashionable and great they were and that she was very wrong.  Broke my heart.  I left them full of anxiety and almost asked to volunteer in their class that day (though I knew they needed to do this one on their own).  It really made the saying that goes something like ... "having kids is like having your heart walk outside your body", very real. I waited for them as school got out and they were totally fine and doing great.

It's taking some adjustment but they are getting used to the glasses.  They wear them all the time and really don't remove them at all. The worst I have noticed is just letting them slide on their nose or lifting them to see better. It's really a different challenge that they see better without them.

Today we were thankful for good friends and sparkle bear.

Seeing Double...

At the girls Kindergarten check up the girls had a little trouble with the eye test so I took them to an ophthalmologist. A little trouble turned into a big problem when it became obvious that they each were not able to see well out of one their eyes. So easy to miss as they can see 20/20 out of one eye.It's no surprise  that they both have it considering they are identical twins. Interestingly though, its the opposite eye on each girl. We have now determined they are probably mirror twins.

Regardless the official diagnosis is lazy eye. So we begin by wearing glasses and then if we don't see progress they will begin patching.

My first reaction was sadness but a week later it's gratitude. Grateful they each have one 20/20 eye and grateful we can begin to fix the other one. Hopefully we see lot's of progress. Either way they may wear glasses.

The girls had a mixed reaction at first but when I told them we would get fashion glasses they were excited.

So we began searching for the best fashion glasses. If you know me this took a bit of research :)

We ended up with pink.  Fun, sassy and all their choice. Each got similar but different which makes it nice.  I have to say even though I had a lot of sadness over this, the girls have done great.

 As we were walking out Sydney told me she didn't want to wear them to church. When I informed her that she had to wear them all the time (which is hard because they actually see better without them on) she told me she would never look pretty again!  Oh my... my tears fell but she never knew and I was able to get her to realize she looked pretty either way!