Getting Pretty

Last week before school started We had a couple of things left on our to do list. The first was getting haircuts. My Sister-In-Law's brother Clark is great at cutting hair, so I took the boys to see him. I had been thinking Valerie's hair was looking a little shaggy and maybe she could use a trim too, so when Clark asked I put Valerie in the chair. She was happy to be in the chair at first because that is what the boys did, but she didn't like it once Clark started cutting. (he just trimmed it up a little.)

There was not too much harm done, because after she was done, she was happy to sit and pose for an after picture.

That afternoon Ryan's mom invited the kids on a shopping trip so she could buy them a new outfit for school. While Grandma and I were helping the boys find something, Emily was walking around with Valerie.

Valerie got into the shopping trip and picked out a shirt for herself. The problem was it was from Emily's section of the store and way too big for Valerie. We tried to take it from her, but she had the death grip on it. There were decorations on the shirt and I was afraid if we tried to pull it from her it might get ruined. Grandma also did not want to make her cry.

So we went over to the baby section and tried to talk Valerie into switching. We would show her a shirt and tell her how pretty it was, and she would hold up the shirt she had chosen and tell us in her baby jabber how pretty it was.

She did like one shirt I showed her and took it from me, but then when we tried to take the big shirt from her she held on tight. Luckily Joe came to the rescue for us and found a shirt in Valerie's size, and the same blue color as the big shirt she loved. Valerie was pleased and let go of the big shirt to hold the new one.

She happily held onto the shirts for the rest of the shopping trip. We did not even try to put them in a bag.

It has been a week now and Valerie still loves her new shirt. Yesterday when I was folding her laundry she watched until she saw the shirt. Then she held out her hands asking for it. We will have to be careful when we take Valerie shopping. Apparently she knows what she likes.