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Today was finally the day... the day Allison had been anticipating for over a year! She decided to do it on "Meaningful Monday," as was appropriate! What did she do? Today she donated her hair to, "Locks of Love;" an organization that makes wigs for cancer patients and others who have hair loss. In the picture above, I had just finished brushing her long hair for the last time.
Though I consider myself a "short hair person," I LOVED Allison's long hair! However, it was easier than I thought to see it go. I have to wonder what the people at the salon were thinking, as we went as a whole family and took 61 pictures! :)
And, there's her ponytail in her hand!
Next came the trim...
And the blow dry...
And at last...
Tada! Isn't she adorable with short hair? I was so proud of her, as this was truly a sacrifice. She loved her long hair! But, I think she felt very proud and liked the new look and feel, too.
Poor sister. She was happy one minute, and telling us it was the worstest day ever the next. She wanted her hair cut like her sister! Lots of tears were shed. We now have a date on the calendar next month when she will get her hair cut, too.
Sweet girl couldn't stop looking in the mirror!
One last peak...
The "new" Allison! (Looking 1 - 2 years older, in my opinion!)
What a beautiful day to celebrate Sierra's first birthday! We had a wonderful panda party, and feel so blessed by all the friends that came to celebrate with us! As I was planning, I had a lot of trouble finding panda birthday ideas, so I will share with you whatever ideas I found. 
I used my Cricut to do the birthday banner, and THIS tutorial from Candy and Cake to do the tissue paper pom pom. (I even used old wrinkled used tissue paper, and it turned out cute; who knew it was so easy!!) 
There were pictures, pictures everywhere! I found the black metal "S" for $0.30 at Michael's, got the fabric from JoAnn's, and the plates/ utensils from Dollar tree. 
I found this adorable paper doll, "Clementina," with her panda costume and other paper doll costumes from How About Orange. The Hello Kitty panda boxes were from Target in the dollar section. 
The panda crackers came from Muffin Tin Momma... what a fun idea to find! You can check hers out HERE. The panda cupcakes I just made up as I went. (I also found some cute rice ball pandas, and even panda bread, but it looked like WAY too much work!
For our craft, we did panda faces with pom poms and googly eyes from Dollar Tree, and circles and ovals cut with the Cricut. We also had a panda maze you can find here, a panda fact sheet/ coloring page from Enchanted Learning, and a Tollee the Koala bear from Kai Lan wearing his panda shirt and panda slippers from Nick Jr.
The birthday girl...
And, her adorable baby friends...
Chinese food!
Cousin Eythan... aawwwww...
Look at this adorable crown sweet Glory made for Sierra, (but Allison modeled!):
We LOVE the Page family!
Uncle George and Cousin Eythan:
CAKE TIME!!
PLAY TIME!
PRESENT TIME!
And, a special thanks to Grandma for all her hard work helping. We love you, Grandma!
Tomorrow is your big celebration, little Sierra!
Hope you'll sleep-in.
(Not likely, but worth a try!)
Today was finally the day... the day Allison had been anticipating for over a year! She decided to do it on "Meaningful Monday," as was appropriate! What did she do? Today she donated her hair to, "Locks of Love;" an organization that makes wigs for cancer patients and others who have hair loss. In the picture above, I had just finished brushing her long hair for the last time.
Though I consider myself a "short hair person," I LOVED Allison's long hair! However, it was easier than I thought to see it go. I have to wonder what the people at the salon were thinking, as we went as a whole family and took 61 pictures! :)
And, there's her ponytail in her hand!
Next came the trim...
And the blow dry...
And at last...
Tada! Isn't she adorable with short hair? I was so proud of her, as this was truly a sacrifice. She loved her long hair! But, I think she felt very proud and liked the new look and feel, too.
Poor sister. She was happy one minute, and telling us it was the worstest day ever the next. She wanted her hair cut like her sister! Lots of tears were shed. We now have a date on the calendar next month when she will get her hair cut, too.
Sweet girl couldn't stop looking in the mirror!
One last peak...
The "new" Allison! (Looking 1 - 2 years older, in my opinion!)
