Nellie Rose – Two “Firsts” in One Week

Date: 2010.03.14 | Category: Nellie Rose | Tags:

This was a week of “firsts” for Nellie – her first haircut and her first friend birthday party!

After thinking and re-thinking about getting her hair cut, we decided to pull the trigger on Saturday and took Nellie to Cartoon Cuts – an establishment that caters to kids and they can sit and watch cartoons while getting their hair cut. An amazing concept, especially for $16.99 for ALL children 12 and under – Erin and I both agree that we got into the wrong business Nellie was her usual cool, calm and collected self and it did not seem to be a big deal to her at all….well, I guess that is because it really was just a matter of 6-7 snips and she was all done…she got a little certificate, complete with a baggie to save her first locks. She looks great and her hair is all nice and even now – no more crazy, stringy strands…she is growing up so fast!

Today, Nellie went to her friend Emily’s birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. Emily turned 2 years old and this was Nellie’s first birthday party with other kids. If you have never experienced a Chuck E. Cheese, you gotta go – the place is a combination of arcade, pizza parlor with singing robotic animals and the central character is an oversized mouse/rat named Chuck E. Cheese. It really is one of those places that you have to experience to get the full effect, but I can see what all the rage is about – the kids (and the adults – I will admit) had a blast! While Nellie is too little to play many of the games, she loved riding along with Bob the Builder, with Chuck E. in his school bus, and experiencing a flying simulator. Daddy liked whacking the moles on the head, playing games for tickets, and dancing with Nellie to the music of the robotic animal band.

Photos and some videos from the birthday party as well as the haircut can be found in her 10 month Flickr photo set at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlchung/sets/72157623347229224/