Great Adventure

Big sister K had gotten a free ticket to Six Flags Great Adventure for reading a certain number of books a few months ago. We've been so busy all summer that we never got a chance to go.  The ticket expired on August 16, so we shifted some things around in order to free up the 15th to go.

Big sister K was all about going on the roller coasters, which M and I don't do, so we went with two other families and had big sister K go on the thrill rides with them. She had a blast, and my brave little girl wasn't afraid at all!  She even wanted to go on the ones where she didn't reach the height limit. They took her on El Toro and Skull Mountain. Afterwards, she showed me which ride was El Toro, and when I saw it, my mouth dropped:

Meanwhile, baby M had fun going on all the kiddie rides.  He enjoyed this one so much he went on it multiple times:

Big sister K and baby M didn't know who Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck were (it's such a shame!), but they wanted to take a picture with them anyway:

Pantene Beautiful Lengths

I chopped off 10 inches of my hair back in March to donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths:

When big sister K saw what I had done, she decided she wanted to do the same.  Her hair was not quite long enough at the time, so I told her she'd have to wait. It's grown out over the past five months... M has not been a fan of the long hair (complained about it every time he had to give her a bath) and wanted to cut it ages ago, but big sister K held her ground and refused, insisting on donating it.  I measured her hair recently and saw that she finally met the minimum length requirement.  Monday night, she randomly told me she wanted to cut her hair right then and there, so I did.

It came out shorter than I expected, but she didn't seem to mind:

I am super-proud of my little girl for her generous heart and selflessness.  I hope she stays this sweet always.