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No? Then please don’t touch my baby.

This is kind of what I wanted to say yesterday to the well-meaning people at the zoo. We went with our cousins to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs–Colorado of course. Here’s a link if you want to check it out. www.cmzoo.org/

This zoo is built into a mountain, and there are elevators to get to different places. With a double stroller, stairs weren’t an option.  I had the baby sitting in the front seat and when we went in the elevator she was close to the back wall. She doesn’t like not being able to see me or other people.

Another family got in with us. When she started crying one of the women tried comforting her–by reaching down and touching her hand! I know she was trying to help, but really? Where have your hands been? Do you not realize she is at an age where she puts everything in her mouth?

Needless to say, that as soon as we got off I wiped her off. But, I didn’t say anything at the time because I couldn’t think of anything that wouldn’t make me sound totally mean. She was trying to help after all.

This is one of the downsides of her getting older. She doesn’t like to be in her baby seat much when she’s awake so I can’t keep her covered like I used to.

I know a lot of moms don’t like people touching their babies, and I know a lot of them are much more vocal than I am.

What do/would you do?

Usually I am so on top of things when it comes to holidays. I have everything ready–or at least know what I need. I know what craft or treat I am going to make. I have gifts purchased.

This year I am way behind! Easter is in 4 days and I have candy and church outfits, but that’s about it. It seems we lost our Easter baskets in our move eight months ago. I’m a little sad since my son’s was the one he’s had since birth (well, 5 days old).

But, I’m determined to do something. On Saturday we’ll dye eggs. I think we’re going to do it with food coloring instead of buying a kit. Probably like this: Egg Dying. We did it last year and it worked well. My son loves stickers, so we have plenty of them. Not that we’ll eat them really. But, it’s just one of those things.

I figure I will do one craft, and I found these cute  Bunny Ears that I think I’ll do with my son. He’s only 3, so it’s about his speed. Plus, I have all the materials already. There are a lot of  other cute things on this site too that are good for older kids. If I had some other materials I would probably do the mini basket.

One thing I always do is make sugar cookies for the holidays and decorate them. This is a recipe I love because it satisfies people who like crunchy cookies as well as those who like soft cookies.

Sugar Cookies:
1 C butter
1 egg
2 1/2 C flour
1 1/2 C powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cream of tartar

Combine all ingredients–works best with a mixer.
Roll out and cut with desired cookie cutters.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. They should be very lightly brown.

Then frost and enjoy!

What Easter traditions do you have in your family? I’m always looking for new ideas!

Apparently there is a new study that suggests babies born in “frontier” states have more unique names than those born in the East.

The whole article is here: http://www.livescience.com/12934-popular-baby-names-frontier-states.html

I thought it was interesting since just in my personal experience it seems to ring true a bit. My kids have very unusual names, Britton and Kaia. Most of my friends and family don’t have names on the top 10 list. Though my husband who is from Maryland  is named Mark and his sister is Sarah. Other friends I have from the East seem to have more “popular” names from their birth years.

What do you think? do you think there is some validity to this? Where are you from, what are your kids named?

I totally get why new moms cut heir hair short. It’s often either that or put it in a pony tail every day. Not just for convenience, it’s because grabby little fingers grip and pull your hair out in chunks!

I went through this a little big with my son, but I wasn’t that bad. My little girl on the other hand is making me seriously consider putting my hair in a pony tail and cutting. She grabs and holds on tight from the second I’m within arms length.

I can’t believe I’m even thinking about it. I really don’t like the way my hair looks short. I did get brave once and had it a couple of inches above my shoulders, and parts were short enough that I put product in it to make it flip out in back, but I don’t think I’ll go there again. It doesn’t match my face shape.

Because of that I don’t really like my hair pulled back either…but it’s becoming a daily occurrence so I don’t end up with a bald spot, or really annoyed at having pulled hair all the time. Maybe if I knew how to make it look cute and not sloppy pulled back it would be better.

Any tips, tricks or ideas on doing cute hair that’s out of the reach of little babes? I’d love to hear it!