So May 31st, I was changing Kaia. I was two rooms from Emma...she was playing in "the lounge" (our play room/library/sewing and crafting space, etc) with trains. When Kaia was good to go, I had to rinse her diaper and then I took the girls downstairs to visit the goats outside. Em had just been standing in the lounge...nothing suspicious that I could see...and we were outside a while, playing with the goats. Em was wearing a hat. On the way inside, she took her hat off and I realized,
"omigosh she cut her hair!!!" We went inside so I could fully assess the situation, and I found that she had cut a triangle-shaped chunk of her mid-back length hair! Wow! She didn't have bangs before, it was all one length. Some pieces were less than 1 inch long and it was standing up like some weird kind of Billy Ray Cyrus 1990s mullet. However, once I smoothed it down and got over the shock, it's actually quite adorable!!! She still got a scissor sabbatical for a couple of weeks, though! By the way, the scissors she used were my tiny, tiny needlepoint scissors (about the size of nail scissors). It must have taken a lot of sawing to cut that much hair! Also, she picked up
every last piece of hair and put it in the trash can,
and put the scissors away, in the bottom of my sewing basket, with my handsewing project on top. My sweet Emma is nothing if not industrious.
Sisters and best friends...at least for the moment. I love that my girls have such a great time together!
Em, being a bride, and marrying Daddy...what little girl doesn't want to marry Daddy?
Sitting in the doorway of our tent trailer...
the dog whisperer
"swimming" in the creek 
Em and Syd
Daddy's girl
Em had a little impromptu preschool graduation on the second-to-last day of school--the kids made their own hats and then on the playground, Teacher Patty said something nice about each child. I was working and I took a lunch break to come over and give her some daisies...I cannot believe preschool is over and Kindergarten is looming! I am so proud of my girls but I wish life could slow down just a little...it is flying by so fast!
My favorite part...Kaia is Emma's biggest fan...and I think the reverse is also true! At least for now...
Emmie and her teacher
Mama surprising Em and coming over from work (I work less than 5 minutes from her old preschool)...
Playing "hair salon"
Homemade root beer (Unfortunately, it was not tasty....it had an odd paint thinnery-taste that I think came from using a plastic bottle...that was what the directions said to do but I am thinking we'll try again in glass!) 
