I hurt my arm involving a freak accident with my towel rack (don't ask!) so the words part of this will be brief:--can't type so well.

The kids have been my 'hands' this week. Anna even made cookies

and then we had fun with a new food mill we got at the thrift store.

Warning: the following entry is completely girly-girl, so skip it if that's not your cup of tea (or you're one of my brothers!)

It all started with this:

Actually, it started before this (and yes that IS all my hair!)......In growing my hair back out and being in an 'awkward phase' for awhile, it's been hard to manage my hair. Plastic clips tend to break, headbands are ok, but I think ponytails and barrettes are better saved for younger girls.

Until I found the beauty of.....bobby pins! Of all things! All that mass above is held up with bobby pins. Would never have known what a wonder those things are until my hair lady did me up for an AF function. She showed me the trick to holding it up--crossing the pins. It truly does hold! And now I can do it myself.

The pins easily hidden with other hair:

So we've been playing around with pinning our hair up. Last night we did pin curls on Anna and they turned out beautifully this a.m. AND don't hurt to sleep on!

And here's a pretty 'do' I found for Grace. Basically a flip ponytail, then divided into three braids and pinned under. A fancy barrette would be nice on the top. It turned out beautifully

Here are some links to learning to do feminine hairstyles and other topics 

In Timely Fashion and The Sparrow's Nest

Have fun, ladies!