How warm is it?

Warm enough to ride around town like this...
It was not an intentional move to take the baby out nakey, but the warm weather sure helps when you have a spit up incident in Target that smells so rank you must get the outfit as far from you as humanly possible.

Prior to the stripping down, we had lunch with friends at Qdoba (what's your vote? Q or Chipotle? Despite the beauty of the queso, I'm going to have to go with Chipotle on this one). One friend, Sherri, who has been ahead of us in adoption and helped us so much along the way. She has a 5 year old son from China and a 3 year old daughter from Vietnam. They are so precious...
The other, Beth, is just getting started in a domestic infant minority program after patiently waiting for her turn. God provided all their finances already. How's that for a confirmation that it is time for them to move forward? It's so fun to be able to cheer her along in their process, just like she cheered us along. She was asking about hair and skin care. I am by no means an expert in this area, but I am baby-stepping my way to hairstyles beyond just ginormous bows(though I still love them fiercely). Here's my first "poof" attempt...
Parting has never been my forte. But I have a feeling that "practice will make slightly better". And I should be getting a lot of practice through the years. I added some doo-dads and liked the effect...
I am still very much in the novice category, but I have high hopes for what the future may bring.
As for skin care, I learned this lesson the hard way. One of our students was talking about being "ashy" if she didn't have enough lotion and immediately I realized that I wasn't even putting lotion on Lulu...
Definitely "ashy". My bad. So, thanks to Tanisha unknowingly educating me, we are now using Palmer's Shea Butter Formula every day and Lulu's skin is looking smooth and silky. If you don't believe me, just check out the nakey at the top of the post.

Now if you will excuse me, I need to spend some time scheming on how to punk my kids for April Fool's tomorrow. I have to redeem myself from last year.