The Kennedy's: Haircut, Daddy and New Truck

12/4/09

Once again Raquel got a hold of a pair of scissors and gave herself a new hairdo. This time she had ponytails in and decided to cut them out. When I asked her why she did it, she replied that she wanted to get the hair out of her face. I quickly ran down to the local little hair cutting place to see what they could do with it. The poor little girl was new and had no idea what to do with Raquel's hair luckily her boss was there to help out. Unfortunately it is now more in her face than before because the uneven sides are too short to put up in a braid or pony tail. She was able to model her new hairdo at Leah's birthday party Sat. and at church on Sunday.

Raquel showing off her new haircut after we took her to the hairdresser.

This is what I found on the floor, the pony tail holder was

still in her hair holding it together.

12/7

Natalya had her 12 month visit. She was 21 lbs and 28 1/2 inches long. She still isn't walking but making progress.

12/11

Mike finally made it back to the United States and then home. While in Afghanistan he purchased a 1967 GMC truck on ebay. The truck was located in Georgia, where he was at Fort Benning and so picked it up to drive home on Thurs. After a late start from checking out from Benning and meeting the guy to pick up the truck (which he found out had no heat and the lights wouldn't work properly) he decided he was going to spend the night in Atlanta and drive up the next morning when it was light and maybe a little warmer. We were all a little sad that it would be another day before we would get to see dada, so we all went to bed. At 3:30am Friday I was woken up by the doorbell, and when I opened the door I found a very frozen Mike. He had gotten the lights to work and decided that it wasn't going to be that much colder driving at night and so drove home instead of spending the night in Atlanta. The poor guy was a block of ice, it took him an extra 2-3 hours to get home because he would have to stop every 30-40 minutes at a gas station where he could sit and warm up. We were sure happy to see him, we woke the girls up and they were able to see him and play with him for a little while before heading back to bed. Raquel was super happy to see her dad. It took Natalya a few minutes to warm up to him but now loves to have fun with him just as much as Raquel.

Later Friday morning Mike dressed in his uniform and took Raquel to school and did a little presentation for her class. He told them about what he does in the Army and let them practice doing it too. First he told about how if a soldier gets hurt they have to go and cut off their uniform to see where they are hurt. Mike had an old pair of army pants that he let the kids practice their cutting skills on. Next, he told them they would have to bandage of the soldiers and let the kids practice wrapping each other up with bandages. And finally he told them how if the soldier was really hurt and couldn't walk they would have to carry them. The kids all gathered around the stretcher and helped lift each other practicing. Mike was so good with the kids, he keep their attention and I think they all enjoyed it. Raquel was sure proud of her dad and it showed on her face.