big day for the birthday girl

the night before her birthday, Mia helped me bake up some yummy vegan gluten free cupcakes....the eggs and gluten were missing, but not the moist chocolate flavor! we were going to take them to school the next day. Mia spent extra time making sure each friend had a cupcake, then she concentrated on licking the spatula and beaters...a HUGE plus for vegan baking...no salmonella ;)

i had fun covering her birthday breakfast cupcake with bananas, strawberries and a touch of whipped cream. Mia had fun eating it!

after school, we hit Snip-its. Mia was well over due for a haircut. her fave stylist, Britny, wasn't there, but her mama was! Ms. Lisa hooked Mia up with a super cute cute, birthday braids, ribbons, gems and glitter! then we hopped over to Dr. Harry's for her birthday adjustment. Mia had been falling a lot lately...a good adjustment always sets her straight ;)

then we met up with Daddy at Chuck E Cheese's for a birthday dinner. Mia wanted her friend, Izzy to join us. we had a wonderful time watching the girls run off with tokens...they were very into getting tickets. the carousel was a big hit, too. Courtney sweetly took our family photos while Mia blew out her candle. one of the funnies thing i've ever seen was how lil Emmy eats her pizza...she dips it in cupcake icing first. my point n shoot wasn't fast enough to capture her in action, though. Mia had the best time and even got a big birthday hug from Chuck E!

at home, once we put Lily down to bed...she was beyond done...Mia opened up a few little gift we gave her....Daryl built her 'big gift'...her own personal sand box. one night last week, Mia asked for a night light like Lilly the mouse for her birthday. i love how something so small makes her so happy. 'MAMAAAAA!!!! DADDYYYYYYY a NIGHTLIGHT!!! just like Lily the MOUUUUUUSE!!!!'

♥ Hope you had a wonderful birthday, sweet Snapper ♥

♥ we love you so very much ♥

Hairspray & Fairy Dust

Yesterday, I looked at Mia and I couldn't see her, because her bangs were down past her eyes. Time for a visit to Snip-its! This trip would be the third one. The first two I avoided the blond stylist. She just had a way about her that really turned me off, and I wanted these bang cuts to be good experiences for Mia...lollipops or not. Well, yesterday, I thought....hmmmm Mia's been really mellow lately. Maybe she can handle the blond...I mean last time when Mia's name was called out by the blond..she said 'Max'...I politely said we'd be waiting for the next stylist.


Yesterday, while waiting for Mia's turn, I watched the two stylists that were there....the blond (ummm, NOPE!) and the one that cut Mia's hair last time. I forgot her name, so let's call her Mary. The kid in the blonde's chair was as calm as a cucumber. The one in Mary's chair was crying bloody murder. Then it all came back to me...Mia was done, but Mary kept tweaking her hair and fluttering around her..it really bugged Mia to where she was on the verge. Yesterday, Mary was doing the same thing to the crying kid. All that kid wanted was to be done...and he was done about 5 min before, but Mary keep tweaking. Poor kid.


When it was Mia's turn, we bit the bullet and went with the blond, and she was FABULOUS!!! SUPER FABULOUS!!!! She was calm and cool. She talked 'with' Mia...not 'at' her. She just combed her hair, was chatting away with Mia, while we discussed what to do with Mia's bangs. Apparently, Mia's hair needs a little bit of training....but then Britnny (the blond now has a name) said not to worry about it...when Mia's hair grows longer, it'll get some weight to it....

She dry cut her bangs. I LOVED that. Oh, when we came in, Mia's hair was in a messed up post nap chongo (ponytail). So, when taken down, she had a full poof of hair on the top of her head. Brittny clipped the 'growing out bangs' out of her eyes, and with the added poof and curl out of the rest of her hair...I saw a twinkle in Britnny's eyes. She asked Mia 'hey, you want some fairy dust in your hair'...Mia, not too sure what a fairy was much less fairy dust...but had her eye on that lollipop and didn't want to rock the boat, said 'sure'. With that, Brittny, grabbed the hairspray, fluffed up some hair, brushed some curls where they flipped out a bit more...lightly sprayed...then sprinkled fine pink glitter in her hair! How COOL was that?!?! I wanted fairy dust!

Mia came out looking like a chick from Hairspray. Bouffant 'do and all. Add that too her fluffy skirt.... I'm kicking myself for not having my camera at the place, but did get some at home where she shouldn't stop twirling with her lollipop while chatting about fairy dust. I heart Brittny! I was WRONG, so very WRONG about her....I LOVE it when I'm wrong :)