Quite a few years ago, I heard somewhere that the reason most men part their hair on the left is because their mom did it that way and so their hair gets used to it and parts that way anyway. Well, I do the same thing. I part Keenan’s hair on the left. However, the poor kid has a cowlick, which makes his hair stand up. Occasionally, it looks like he has a horn.
This picture doesn’t really accentuate the cowlick much, but some mornings, it is downright absurd. However, when I part his hair in line with the cowlick, instead of on the left, it behaves a bit better.
I could also let his hair grow a little longer so that it might actually behave, like this :
Or, I could part it on the right, as previously mentioned so that it actually does behave…like this :
And here, you have a really good view of that cowlick. Well, now, we have some options, don’t we? 
Lemon Stand tagged me in this Christmas meme {see hers here}, so here we go!
1. Have you started your Christmas shopping? No, not yet. I’ll start soon though.
2. Tell me about your special traditions. We bake cookies and listen to Christmas carols. And we watch Christmas movies. We also try to take in a Christmas concert, if we can.
3. When do you put up your tree? Usually the first Saturday or Sunday afternoon in December.
4. Are you a Black Friday shopper? Absolutely not. There are way too many people, and I choose not to chance being trampled like that poor Wal-Mart employee last year.
5. Do you travel at Christmas or stay home? This varies from year to year. It usually depends on whether or not I have Keenan. Last year, I stayed home. This year, we’re traveling.
6. What is your funniest Christmas memory? Oh, wow…I’m drawing a blank here.
7. What is your favorite Christmas movie of all time? The Santa Clause is my favorite, though I also remember watching Turner & Hooch on Christmas Day.
8. Do you do your own Christmas baking? What is your favorite treat? I do bake. So far we have made sugar cookies, but I would like to do some other baking as well. When I am home, I want to try making a gluten free version of bizcochitos.
9. Fake or real tree? Real. I go to the local grocery store and pick one up for about $20. It makes my entire apartment smell of pine and I love it. Keenan also likes wielding the nozzle on the sweeper to vaccum up all the dropped pine needles, so we both get a lot of joy out of a real tree.
10. What day does the actual panic set in to get it all done? It doesn’t. Of course, I don’t have to help plan anything. I just simply show up and try to help where I can. I leave the panicking to other people. Besides, I don’t think panicking is worth it, in my humble opinion.
11. Are you still wrapping presents on Christmas Eve? Not usually. I like having gifts under the tree for Keenan to see. And, he can watch more of them appear overnight. I wrap after he goes to sleep.
12. What is your favorite family fun time at Christmas? I really just love spending time in the same room with Keenan, my parents, my brother, and any other family that is present. It doesn’t happen very often, so I don’t really care what we do, as long as we’re together and having fun.
13. What Christmas craft do you like best? I like the crafts Keenan brings home from school, especially the ornaments we can use every year on the tree.
14. Christmas music, yes or no? And if yes, what is your favorite song? Yes, but only after we put the tree up, and not before. Otherwise, it feels like we hear the same songs 20 times. My favorite song is “Oh, Holy Night.”
15. When do you plan to finish all your shopping? I have no idea. I haven’t even started. Ha!
16. Do you know the names of all of Santa’s reindeer {without googling it}? Dasher, Dancer, Donner, Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Prancer, and Vixen (?), and Rudolph.
17. When do you take down your Christmas tree? Usually the first weekend after the New Year. I know New Year’s Day is on a Friday this year, so I’ll probably leave it up for another week after that.
18. Hardest person to buy for? Usually my dad, but I cheat and give both Mom and Dad and 8×10 of Keenan’s school picture.
19. Easiest person to buy for? Keenan, but that doesn’t really explain why I haven’t begun shopping yet.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? We have a woolen angel that Keenan made at a craft fair last year.
21. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Um…hmmm…grocery shopping. Navigating the grocery store is terrifying and beastly. I don’t like it at al.
22. What do you want for Christmas? I want nothing. Nada, zilch, zero. I need nothing. I want nothing. I’ll have my family and my kiddo, and that is more than enough.
Want to play along?
Copy and paste the questions into your blog, tag five or more of your favorite blogs, and leave them a comment telling them they’ve been tagged. When you post your answers, spread some Christmas cheer by leaving a link back to Heather’s blog {Top 10 Christmas} and the blog you were tagged by. And also, Heather would like any blogger to participate, even if you haven’t been tagged. She’ll go back and add your link to the list if you participate.
I would like to tag the following wonderful people:
noodleroux
Trying Our Best
Cool, Calm, and Collected
4 Little Men & Girly Twins
Big Mama
And there you have it.
Keenan and I spent Sunday afternoon decorating the tree, making sugar cookies, and watching Barnyard. It doesn’t bother me that the bulls aren’t anatomically correct. It features the gravelly vocal talents of Sam Elliott, which is enough for me.
For the record, I don’t understand why Ben and Otis are labelled as “cows,” when they are, in fact, bulls. They are definitely male, yet they have udders. Perhaps they decided that udders would be more pleasing to the eye…or that children would be able to identify Ben and Otis as members of the bovine species easily if udders were used, instead of…I really can’t say, but this doesn’t bother me. Either way, I like the movie.
We baked cookies, with sprinkles.
And we decorated the tree.
By the time the tree was decorated, Keenan was done.
We also listened to Christmas carols, which I don’t start playing the day after Thanksgiving. I wait until we decorate the tree because it just feels right.
For the last few days, we’ve been plugging in the lights on the tree and reveling in the joy of Christmas. I do believe we’ll continue this for a few more weeks
So. My hair is wavy. Remember when it was stick straight?
This was in early 2007.
Yeah. Well. It’s not like that now.
This is not the best picture, since it doesn’t really show the waviness, but it is there. Trust me. Not much of it, but it’s there. {I would also like to note that the first picture is much more flattering. My expression in the second one is somewhat cheesy. Come to think of it, I don’t think I even look like the same person.}
It now desires to be wavy and left alone without the use of a blow dryer or a curling iron. So, I have had to use different product to help it look more wavy and maintain body throughout the day.
My mom gave me some of this texturizing taffy that smells like cotton candy.
It pieces out the waves without gunky stickiness. I used up the last of it this morning on Keenan’s hair because there wasn’t enough for mine.
I found something that works just as well, for a fraction of the cost. It doesn’t have that nice cotton candy smell, though.
I do like have hair that takes all of five minutes to “do.” Love it, in fact.
Check this out – 4 Little Men & Girly Twins is having a giveaway! These amber and hazelwood necklaces are reputed to help with teething, arthritis, carpal tunnel, and a whole host of other ailments. You can read more here {for hazelwood} and here {for Baltic amber}.
I really like the cognac necklace or the lemon necklace, featured on this page. I’ve always been a sucker for amber.
I wonder if the hazelwood would help Keenan and me with our sinus issues. And possibly his bronchitis. I’d order one from this page for him, but I can’t be certain he’d wear it.
At such a reasonable price, it would be worth a shot, though since we’ve been taking the OPC-3 stuff, we haven’t had many issues {knocks on wood}.
If any of you have a baby that’s teething {or is about to start teething} head on over to enter the giveaway right here!
1. It dawned on me tonight that I won’t have nearly enough ornaments for our Christmas tree, which I brought home today. So, I crocheted ornaments and also made some red and green garland chains.. This was both efficient and cost-effective, as I already had red and green yarn on hand. Tomorrow, I will make a few more green ornaments, and may make some white ones also.
2. My teeth no longer like ice cream. The coldness hurts. This isn’t good because ice cream is one of my favorite desserts. However, I’m sure I will live.
