Hack Job

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We have, in the past few months, discovered that neither I nor Brett have any inherent hair cutting skills.  I didn't have any illusions of this beforehand, but Brett assured me it wouldn't be that hard and went out and bought hair clippers.  Twice now (once my fault, once Brett's) Brett has had to shave his head entirely because the cut looked so bad.  Now, poor Noah is the victim.  Up until now, Brett's actually been very good with Noah's hair.  But this time was not the same.  It looked so terrible after only a few strokes that we really had no choice but to shave his head and let it grow back in.  But Brett, as you saw in this post from a few years ago, likes to play around while he's cutting/shaving hair.  Thus, the mohawk incident in the second picture.  The worst part is that Noah's birthday is on Wednesday, so all of his pictures will be bald.  Sad.

Tsunami

This is the port that we live near. The red roofed building that you see and the buildings immediately surrounding it make up the Coast Guard station where Brett works. He's there right now, and he's been out on the boats today helping out with all the aftermath of the tsunami. You can see the damage done to our ports. Thankfully, it seems that damage was less than what was expected, and I don't think anyone was majorly hurt. Brett will be there until Monday morning helping out. We are all safe, thank goodness. Thanks to Brett and all the other Coasties for saving people and boats!

Small Joys

Sometimes I wonder how it is that kids find wonder in such small things.  I like some simple things - like sitting on my couch reading while a breeze blows on me from the open window, or drinking a cherry limeade, or seeing duck bums in the air.  Every once in a while I will think that I'm seeing through the eyes of a child.  I do that a lot when I go to the aquarium.  Some of those creatures are amazing, and I am always in awe of how beautiful the little jellyfish can be.  Sometimes I giggle like a little girl at things that I think are cute, which I will admit that I did when we watched The Land Before Time as a family a few days ago.  There are still some things that baffle me though.  And although I don't always understand, I'm glad that I get to be part of that wonder and joy for my daughter.

Rise and Shine!

Breakfast around the Lee house is usually a simple affair, but I think the kids enjoy it all the same.



Snow Day (For Everyone Else)

While the rest of the United States is buried in 19 feet of snow and sheets of ice are covering the roads and causing school to be cancelled, here in my little corner of Oregon we have been enjoying the weather, which has been 65 and sunny for the last several days.  So what do we do during that time?  The only thing there is to do arond here: go to the beach.

Noah hasn't been to the beach before at any point when he was mobile, so this was a new experience for all of us.  I assumed that he would get some sand in his mouth, but I didn't expect him to be shoveling it in by the handful.



I guess dad needed to let his inner child play a little too because he needed to do a little bit of digging.  He lost something in the hole though.

Of course, Noah didn't mind one bit.  He was loving being dirty and being buried.  On the other hand, Kennedy was telling Brett, "Don't bury Noah!" or "Don't get sand on me!"  She was also squatting down to avoid actually putting her behind in the sand.  She sounds a lot like me as a kid, wearing pearls to the beach and playing in the sand from a chair.

Although it does seem like the beach is the only outing we ever really have around here, I have to say, it really can be a beautiful one.