St. Patrick's Day 2013

After a big day yesterday, it was time for another big day today!  Of course, it was St. Patrick's Day, and as you can see below, Daddy wore green!

Yes, that's pretty much the color I've been wearing all series long at KidPak.  This morning's church service was great, made even greater by the fact that Madison and Mommy came to the second service to re-visit the Pridelands.  In fact, despite the really late night, Madison woke up at around 8:30 and wandered down the hall to see Mommy:  "We can't miss KidPak Jr.!"

This has been a great series.  The set is amazing, and the costumes and actors have been superb.  We had a fantastic message this morning, about watching out for the poacher, who comes to steal, kill and destroy.  But we did it in a kid-friendly way, so it turned out well!  Madison enjoyed the service very much, and was very good about repeating the overall theme to us as we were leaving. She said, "Guard your heart."

That's good advice for all of us.

When we got home, of course it was time for some more corn beef and potatoes.  Mommy served it up fresh, and we had ourselves another Irish feast to celebrate the day.  Afterwards, it was time for some rest - it is the day of rest, after all.  It was such a beautiful day, and yet we were somewhat tired from the weekend.  That said, Mommy spent some time on the computer, while Madison and Daddy revisited Lego Batman 2.  But that wasn't the only thing we did today - oh not at all.

Madison got a little hair cut!  Okay, not just a little hair cut.  This was a pretty big one, as evidenced by the huge lock of hair she's holding in her hands.  She's been wanting to do this since the Chinese New Year, where it is a tradition to get a hair cut each year.  But Mommy has been pretty reluctant, as have all of us, because it is so beautiful.  Here's the before picture:

The great thing about this haircut is where it is going.  We'll donate the cut hair to Locks of Love this week - and it is a lot.  Mommy is seen cutting it here below, and we actually trimmed off as much as sixteen inches of hair in length!

Don't worry though - she still has a good amount on her head.  Take a look at the "after" picture:

She's been begging for this for a few weeks, and in fact wanted it even shorter.  But when it was first cut, she actually started getting a little upset - "I didn't want it that short."  She hadn't seen herself in the mirror yet though - when she did, she realized everything was okay.  It was just a bit of a shock to the system, I suppose.

Obviously, she still looks beautiful.  And she's pretty excited about her new hair cut too.  And, we're excited to be able to bless someone else with a really nice lock of hair!