Sweet & Sassy

For the wedding, I decided to take Megan to Sweet & Sassy for a mini spa/salon day. I got her the "Pampered Princess" spa package which includes shampoo, haircut, style out, mini-mani, mini-pedi, 2 nail arts, ring and a toe ring.

She had a blast. We did everything except the mini-mani because she was ready to go. She had been sitting still for about 1.5 hours, so I wasn't surprised that she didn't want to sit around for another 20 minutes for her mani.

***getting her hair shampooed***

***on her way to the salon chair***

***first, we had to cut her hair***

***I love the face she's making***

***beautiful girl***

***her new cut all blown out***

***getting ready for the up-do***

***a work in progress***

***she loved being pampered***

***almost finished***

***hair all finished, now getting ready for her pedicure***

***she looks too comfy***

***I think she could get used to this***

***she giggled the whole time during her pedicure because it "tickled"***

***The Pampered Princess***

***relaxing***

***I loved her hair - it turned out so adorable***

Meg had a blast. We were actually back at the mall where this store is on Sunday and she wanted to get her hair done again. I had to explain to her that it's only on special occasions. She seemed OK with that answer.

Pretty Princesses

Last week, Meg and I drove down to SA to see my family. Since we had so much fun, I'll post in parts...so, without any more delays, here is Part 1.

Meg and I got into San Antonio late on Wednesday night, so it was a very uneventful night. Thursday, I had to work, so Meg got to play with Poppy and Meme for most of the day. I think she had a great time. She got to swim, play outside, swing, and play office in my parent's study while poppy was reading a deposition.

Thursday night, we headed to El Jarro and met Taylor & Ruthie. Meg loves going to El Jarro because she gets to see her "my Paula". And of course, the trip to El Jarro wouldn't be complete without a trip to Party City right next door. She always comes back with horrible crap, but she loves going with "my Paula", so I don't complain too much.

This trip to Party City was very special because she bought mini tiaras and we all had to wear them at the table. Of course, none of us objected.

Taylor & Ruthie

Meme & Poppy
Megan, Mommy, Meme
Ruthie & Allison

I will post more about our trip to SA tomorrow.

Meg's first mani/pedi

On Friday, my office closed at 3:00, so I decided to pick Meg up early from day care and drag her along while I received a pedicure. She was so good. I even got her finger and toe nails painted while we were there. She did so good. I'd like to say she did great, but we had to have two of her nails fixed because she scratched her leg and messed up her nails. It was no big deal though.

Getting her nails done was a big event. She fell asleep on the way home. Being beautiful sure is hard work!

I'm sure I'm creating a monster letting my almost 4-year old get a pedicure, but I'm glad I took her. It was a very fun mother/daughter bonding experience. She and I actually chatted the whole time we were there. She told me about everything she had done at school and then we talked about her birthday party. I keep telling her that her b-day isn't for 3 months, but she still wants to talk about it. She was telling me who she was inviting and what kind of cake she wants. It was very cute. I love this little girl!

So pretty

Princess Belle

For Meg's birthday this year, Meg received 7 Princess Dresses. When you ask her how many she got, she says "All of them." Seeing as she already had 3 dresses, the grand total of princess dresses is 10. That's 9 more than she can wear at any given time. Most of the dresses she received came with matching shoes and a princess wand. So, added to the 14 pair of princess shoes she already owned, I think it's safe to say that Meg has more pairs of shoes than I do.

Almost every night, she puts one dress on. There are nights when we get to see more than one dress...one before dinner, and one after bath time. Last night and tonight, Meg was Princess Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

Here she is dancing and "twirling". What a beautiful princess.

Princess Megan

The Dress Adventure

So, as promised....here is the dress adventure story.


As I mentioned in an early post, I had to take Megan to get fitted for her Flower Girl dress on Saturday. So, right after swimming lessons, Meg and I headed over the David's Bridal to get her fitted for her "Princess Dress". We walk in and I tell the woman who has been assigned to help us which dress we need. We go straight to the Flower Girl section and pick up the dress. So of course, we had to go look in the mirror at the Princess (she refers to herself as Princess Angel). She is twirling around and dancing around like you wouldn't imagine - it was adorable. I then ask the woman if she has a few pairs of shoes Meg can try on. She brings out two pairs and I put one of each shoe on Meg's feet. She lifts up her dress to look at them in the mirror. I tell her that she needs to pick her favorite pair. She picks a pair that is open toed - they were my choice too. Sooo cute! Here is a picture taken with my phone of Meg in the dressing room - isn't she adorable.

Then comes the tough part - explaining to Megan that she is going to have to take the dress off and we're going to have to order her one (the dress we're ordering is actually brown and ivory, not pink and white). I also have to explain to her that we can't take the shoes with us either. She started crying and couldn't stop - it was so sad. Here is the picture of her in the car after I've tried to calm her down for 20 minutes...nothing I said would make her stop crying! It was breaking my heart into a million pieces!

I finally got her calmed down when I suggested that we go to Toys-R-Us to pick her out a new toy. She picked out a new baby stroller for her baby and 6 pairs of princess shoes.

What a crazy experience that was for me!