April 2009 Archives - Five Blondes

Hair is just Hair

April 29, 2009 By Kate 9 Comments

We’ve had a few posts here and there about hair colour. Most recent being our guest post by Hope dies Last, about Brunettes Vs Blondes… well I have a bit of a confession or I think I did it again, as Brittney Spears might say.

I went to the hairdresser on Tuesday night and asked for a darker blonde, I was sick of my ugly yellow-toned hair and wanted it brought down a notch or two. And toned down she did. I am convinced my hair is brown. Others are calling it, dirty blonde, dark blonde, and even strawberry blonde. She said that it would blend into my more natural colour as it grows in, but holy cow this takes a bit of getting used to! It really reminds me of last time I had my hair brown and every morning I would wake up and be like oh my gosh what have done.

So what do you think? Brown or not?

Sorry about the bed hair…

One behind the cut.

I asked Erica not to kill me for doing this before the wedding!

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Lau's Life in Pho-Pho-Photos!

April 26, 2009 By Lauren 6 Comments

1) A picture of you in your room:

Kaylee and I in my Ottawa room.

2) A picture of you posing with someone you don’t actually like

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Mic was with me when I added this, and I most definitely do not mean her. I mean the little devil in my arms. AKA Max.

3) A picture of you with a former crush

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My best friend and forever crush Owen!

4) A picture of you very drunk

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5) A picture of you with a parent or two

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Me and dad on a hike last winter

6) A picture of you on your birthday

19th birthday!

7) The youngest picture you can find of yourself in digital form

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Us with our aunts. They came home from a vacation with zinc!
A picture of you in one of your favourite outfits

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This is my favourite dress. It even has pockets which I LOVE.

9) A picture of you making a goofy face at the camera

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10) A picture you miiiight have edited to make yourself make more attractive.

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11) A picture of you and a team or club you’re in

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12) A picture of you showing off an new haircut

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13) A picture of you truly being yourself

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14) The most recent picture of you

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15) A picture of you being absolutely ridiculous

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16) A photo that you are tagged in but you are actually not in

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This is from an intense game of pictionary

17) A picture of a time in your life that’s over but you wish it wasn’t

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Rangers! I worked at a camp in 2006, and it was amazing!

18) A picture of a time in your life that’s over, and you couldn’t be more thankful that it is

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19) A picture with your oldest friend

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Emily! We’ve gone to school together since Grade 5, known each other since about Grade 4, and our parents are best friends.

20) A picture of you when you were anything but happy, even if you were smiling and did your best to hide it

n501091344_1481575_1835 The COLDEST day in Ottawa watching the Christmas parade. I was freeezing!

21) A picture of you that you had no idea was being taken

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My favourite thing to do is lay on the ground in the kitchen with the cats.

22) A picture of you when you were a different person than you are now

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Before prom. Clearly I didn’t wear sunscreen back then either.

23) A picture of you in a fashion “DON’T”

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80s Night at Rangers! That shirt? Yea, it’s really a bathing suit…with a zipper up the front.

24) A picture of you in a swimsuit- whether you love it or loathe it

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I would have put the last one, but this one is just too cute to pass up. This is Owen (my “crush”), and I when our families used to go camping together.

25) A picture of you taking a shot/chugging a beer/downing some sort of mixed drink

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It clearly didn’t taste very good. It was beer mixed with something, and I was drinking it out of a mason jar. I think later that mason jar turned into a vase. They were the biggest cups we could find.

26) A picture of yourself that you hate

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mmmmm stitches!

27) A picture of you with someone you love

n501091344_56041_336 Introducing, the psycho family. Buut I love them anyways.

28) A picture of how you’d like the world to see you

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29) A picture that describes you you’d like to spend every day

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Laying in the sun

30) A picture of a time when everything was changing

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When my tire exploded on the 401 on my way to Ottawa to move in for first year. We had dinner with the girls and boyfriends, and then I was on my way!

31) A picture that makes your heart hurt

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32) A picture that makes your heart smile

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33) A picture of one of the best nights or days of your life

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Umm hello? I was covered in puppies. Who WOULDN’T love this day??

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Kate's life in photos

April 25, 2009 By Kate 4 Comments

1. A picture of you in your room.

Back in university…

2. A picture of you posing with someone you don’t actually like.

Sorry E and D, he just hates me! I can’t believe he let me hold him long enough to get a photo.

3. A picture with a former crush

Before he was my crush and now he’s my husband!

4. A picture of you very drunk.

Halloween 2008. Dressed up as Minnie mouse, riding Mic’s horse Sheila.

5. . A picture of you with a parent or two.

Me and dad being silly.

6. A picture of you on your birthday.

A photo from my 19th birthday. Too drunk to get back into the bar so we waited outside. It’s such a random photo but I love it. This is from before Scott and I were dating (he’s to the right in the photo) {and similar to Micaela’s my shirt is also riding up… oh drunk birthday girls}

7. The youngest picture you can find of yourself in digital form.

Scanned in, but it still totally counts. I’m in the yellow at the bottom. No Lauren yet!

8. A picture of you in one of your favorite outfits.

9. A picture of you making a goofy face at the camera

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10. A picture you miiiiiight have edited to make yourself more attractive.

Miiiight or, yea really definitely did…

11. A picture of you and a team or club you’re in.

Since I never got a copy of the group photo… this is all I have of baseball..

12. A picture of you showing off a new haircut (even if it’s an old haircut now)

ooolllddd haircut. But look at how cute it was!

13. A picture of you truly being yourself.

14. The most recent picture of you.

White jacket- walking with the ladies in T.O. on the weekend

15. . A picture of you being absolutely ridiculous.

Being ridiculous being the last drunk ladies at ladies night. Drinking while sitting on the floor.

16. A photo that you are tagged in that you aren’t actually in.

I’m not actually tagged in this one… but it was my profile picture at one time. I took it last spring.

17. A picture of a time in your life that’s over, but you wish it wasn’t.

Leah and I at the RANCH!

18. A picture of a time in your life that’s over, and you couldn’t be more thankful that it is.

The wall of fame and shame on our university townhouse wall. It was fun but I’m so happy to be living at home now.

19. A picture with your oldest friend.

21. A picture of you when you were anything but happy, even if you were smiling and did your best to hide it.

I remember being so mad that we had to climb this tree to take a darn family photo… looks like Lauren wasn’t that happy either!

22. A picture of you that you had no idea was being taken.

I’m not sure if Mic even knew she was taking the photo! New Years 2006

23. A picture of you when you were a different person than you are now.

24. A picture of you in a fashion “DON’T”.

After jumping into a huge mud puddle from the play centre. Mom made us hose off outside.

25. A picture of you in a swimsuit – whether you love it or loathe it.

26. A picture of you taking a shot / chugging a beer / downing some sort of mixed drink.

At the Chicken Run party- a party in a chicken barn!

27. A picture of yourself that you hate.

It’s probably wrong to hate photos of you from your own wedding, but I really don’t like this one.

28. A picture of you with someone you love.

29. A picture of how you’d like the world to see you.

30. A picture that describes how you’d like to spend every day.

Trying new things, driving fun equipment!

31. A picture of a time when everything was changing.

University graduation.

32. A picture that makes your heart hurt.

But in a GOOD way! You know, the achy I’m in love feeling way.

33. A picture that makes your heart smile.

A photobooth picture we took for dad when he was in the hospital over Easter a few years back. Translation: We Love You!

34. A picture of one of the best nights or days of your life.

Filed Under: Family, life, personal

My Life in Photos

April 23, 2009 By Micaela 15 Comments

It takes awhile, but it’s worth it. Try your very best to find all of the pictures asked for… use facebook or the pictures stored on your computer. If you can’t find one, that’s okay, but leave all questions in the survey for others to find. Tag the people in your photos, and anyone you think may be interested in completing this.

1. A picture of you in your room.

Katelyn took this when her and I used to share a bed for a few months.

2. A picture of you posing with someone you don’t actually like.

la la la…

3. A picture with a former crush

He was friends with my friend Amanda and I met him on campus with her and thought he was awesome, and basically arranged it so that we became best friends, by telling him that I wanted to be his best friend. We went from not knowing each other to being best friends, and it worked out very well as you can see here! He had a long term girlfriend so our friendship never progressed past the proposal on the dance floor.

4. A picture of you very drunk.

We weren’t actually kissing, just opening our mouths really close to one another.

5. . A picture of you with a parent or two.

My and my momma dancing, years and years ago.

6. A picture of you on your birthday.

You can always tell the birthday girl because she’s the one with the horribly riding up shirt, and wearing a hat. You can always tell the boyfriend of the bday girl because he’s the one who was forced to drink right along with her and is probably off biting someone’s ear.

7. The youngest picture you can find of yourself in digital form.

8. A picture of you in one of your favorite outfits.

Lately I’m very into colourful dresses that have regular, thick straps.

9. A picture of you making a goofy face at the camera

10. A picture you miiiiiight have edited to make yourself more attractive.

Morning after Kate’s stag and doe… nuff said!

11. A picture of you and a team or club you’re in.

Katelyn and I making funny faces with our Brownies last year.

12. A picture of you showing off a new haircut (even if it’s an old haircut now)

I don’t know really if it was new! But I imagine we got our hair cut for family pictures.

13. A picture of you truly being yourself.

I’m a true Dutch girl.

14. The most recent picture of you.

This was taken last weekend at Erica’s bachelorette.

15. . A picture of you being absolutely ridiculous.

Shaving my legs for a talent show.

16. A photo that you are tagged in that you aren’t actually in.

Our friend Laura’s wedding.

17. A picture of a time in your life that’s over, but you wish it wasn’t.

Snowboarding with Leah in the mountains in February!

18. A picture of a time in your life that’s over, and you couldn’t be more thankful that it is

I do NOT miss climbing up a skinny hydro pole like structure (but much higher!) standing on a tiny plank, then jumping off into thin air at a camp last summer.

19. A picture with your oldest friend.

Michelle and I – best friends since grade one.

21. A picture of you when you were anything but happy, even if you were smiling and did your best to hide it.

Tequila shot on my last birthday. Tequila is NOT my friend.

22. A picture of you that you had no idea was being taken.

In class with all my teachers college friends last month. I’m in the green.

23. A picture of you when you were a different person than you are now.

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This was Erica’s halloween costume when she was a kid, and I loved wearing it for Halloween a few years back.

24. A picture of you in a fashion “DON’T”.

(No offense mom! I’m sure it was cool at the time!)

25. A picture of you in a swimsuit – whether you love it or loathe it.

(love it)

26. A picture of you taking a shot / chugging a beer / downing some sort of mixed drink.

Not chugging.. just sipping.

27. A picture of yourself that you hate.

28. A picture of you with someone you love.

29. A picture of how you’d like the world to see you.

30. A picture that describes how you’d like to spend every day.

This was a perfect snowboarding day.

31. A picture of a time when everything was changing.

The day we got engaged! (The pics are stuck together.) Can you tell the ring was a few sizes too big?

32. A picture that makes your heart hurt.

Our Opa passed away about ten years ago and we still miss him. And how cute are Erica and I, thinking that we’re being helpful, and the fact that I’m doing barn work in my little dress!

33. A picture that makes your heart smile.

Basically any pictures from when we were little make my heart smile.

34. . A picture of one of the best nights or days of your life.

Take a guess!

Filed Under: Family, friends, humour, life, micaela

Blog Swap: Hope Dies Last

April 22, 2009 By Leah 8 Comments

As you will notice from other 20Something bloggers, today is Blog Swap Day! Fiveblondes is very fortunate to welcome Hope Dies Last to our comfy little home today. Enjoy, and check out her wonderful blog while you are at it!

Hi! I’m Hope and I am taking over 5 Blondes today as part of the 20SB Blog Swap! I usually post over at Hope Dies Last about love, relationships and the like. Today, I thought I would do something different. I thought I would address an extremely controversial topic. And I thought I would do it in the lion’s den; I’m insane like that. This is an age-old issue, a hotly contested matter as old as time.

Yes, people, I am talking about that divisive battle of the blondes versus the brunettes*.

I stand before you—here on 5 (beautiful) Blondes–as a representative of the world’s brunettes. Our hair colour is described as mousy and we are often depicted as boring and common. Hair dressers and stylist urge us to ‘get some highlights’ assuring that this will add a glow to our faces. And the best compliment a brunette can receive is that her hair colour is the shade of a decadent 1000 calorie chocolate bar.

Blondes, on the other hand, are considered bubbly, vivacious and they are even supposed to have more fun. Their colour is described as strawberry, golden or platinum. Why are blondes getting all the money making (and deliciously healthy) adjectives?

But–you know–brunettes have also been called mysterious, exotic and sophisticated and we never have to worry about being the pun of any (bad) blond jokes. Plus we all know that in a battle between Serena Van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf, Blair would win each and every time.

History (and pop culture) has shown us that blondes live lives of sad excess; of debauchery. Think of Paris Hilton, Tara Reid, Nicole Richie and even Anna Nicole Smith. The most famous blonde of all time—poor Marilyn Monroe lived a short tragic life; a victim of her own (bottled) hair colour.

Brunettes have also never had to rely on the Hollywood machine to stand up for them. I can’t think of a brunette movie that rivals “Legally Blonde”; the basic premise of which was FOR CRYING OUT LOUD PLEASE TAKE US SERIOUSLY.

No, brunettes are always taken seriously.

We stand tall even when our hair colour gets all the nutty adjectives like almond and walnut. We stand proud in knowing that Brad Pitt chose a brunette (granted I am on Team Aniston on this one) over a honey hued blonde. We stand united and every time a blonde steals the limelight with her gorgeous luminous hair, the bond between us grows stronger and stronger.

And one day—I am certain–we will take over the world.

Are you a bubbly blonde or a mysterious brunette? Who do you think will ultimately win this battle?

*For the sake of my argument, I have not included the jet black or red haired amongst us. Everyone knows they are all far superior.

Filed Under: blogging, blonde, Guest Post, question

Tuesdays avec Micaela: Eleven Days and Dress ADD

April 21, 2009 By Micaela 7 Comments

Although I wish I could just bask in the excitement that is Denis and Erica’s wedding in just eleven days, I feel like I have so much to do in those eleven days that all basking must be held off until next Friday. I’m in my last two weeks of my placement in a grade 7 class and after that I am finished teachers college for good and moving into an apartment in a new city, Toronto with Kent. In the next two weeks I’ll be doing tons of lesson planning, packing all of my belongings, moving four hours away, and being a bridesmaid in my sister’s wedding.

Planning for my own wedding will not be put on hold for the next twelve days, either. This week I’ll be selecting invitations and finishing the guest list, and this weekend I’ll be choosing my wedding music. I also changed my mind about my wedding dress for the fourth, and final, time. Here’s the winner:

Love it? Hate it? (I can take it!) Let me know.

Here’s some teasers of Erica’s dress (Denis, don’t look!)

Filed Under: micaela, Wedding

I never thought I was girly…until now.

April 16, 2009 By Lauren 6 Comments

I’ve never thought of myself as the girly one in the family until lately. I was always the one involved in sports and organized activities like ski racing, basketball, soccer, cheerleading, baseball, highland dancing, volleyball. I still do some of those things, and some of those things the girls did too, but for some reason I just saw myself as the “sporty one” in the family. Maybe also because I saw myself as more built for sports than the other girls. This is starting to sound like a “Lauren is better and stronger than her sisters”, but I swear I don’t mean for it to sound like that! Anyways, the point of this post is to explain my wonder at how I love having long nails, and I love wearing dresses, and curling my hair, and it’s all really weird to me, and maybe it’s because I’m living with 3 boys and it’s making me more girly.

Every year I make the New Years resolution to stop biting my nails, but lets be serious, it never works. I have stopped biting my nails three times in my life. Once was for prom in grade 12, once was when I started working at a conservation area/camp ground and decided that cleaning toilets and biting my nails was really gross, and the third time was right now! Not unlike the other two times, I had a reason for biting….two reasons actually. One was because I physically could not bite my nails because of the stitches in my mouth, and the other was because of the big wedding, coming up in 16 days! As of rights now my nails are painted purple, and the only ones that are bitten are my thumbs (I always give myself one or two nails that are okay to bite). I actually took a break in the middle of writing this and I broke my pinky nail on my backpack at school. The other day after going to Bulk Barn for some study snacks my friend asked me “Hey Lauren, you have nails right? Can you get this bag open?” My answer (of course), was “OMG KAYL YES I CAN”. I think I freaked a bunch of people over it by being so excited.

Another thing I’ve started to loove are dresses. Absolutely love them. I’m wearing one at school right now actually (sitting on the ground in a room that used to be filled with couches but is now empty), because it is so beautiful out! I still do like having comfy aspects to my dresses though, like pockets (of course my bridesmaid dress has them!), and wearing shorties underneath. Also wearing my favourite Steve Madden flats that are unfortunately beginning to die on me from a) wearing them way too much, and b) Kardi loving to eat them too much. The first thing I’ve started to look at in stores are dresses, and I won’t really look at anything else because nothing else interests me. I got new shoes for the wedding when the family was here for Easter weekend which you can see in Mic’s Easter weekend post. You can also see me wearing them while sitting on my couch on the computer…I later went on to take a nap in them.

To end here are a bunch of older pictures of me skiing and playing soccer…just to add some excitement to this post.

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Cheerleading earlier this year

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Ski racing a couple of years ago

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Ski racing again!

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Rock climbing at work one summer

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Tuesdays with Micaela: Easter weekend in Ottawa

April 14, 2009 By Micaela 9 Comments

Over Easter weekend I travelled to Canada’s capital city, Ottawa to visit my babiest sister Lauren with Kent, Erica, Denis, and our parents.

Here’s a little photo recap.

We took our friends dog, Eve out for a walk:

Coolest house on the block:

On Easter Sunday we toured the parliament. Lauren and I love the parliamentary library so much that we almost bought library shaped earrings at the gift shop.

Kent in front of the parliament:

Erica in the parliament’s Peace Tower (highest building in Ottawa):

We slept over at Lauren’s place. I’m sure you’ll recognize it even in this small picture as a typical student house. This is where we had sleepovers and watched way too much of My Super Sweet Sixteen.
Funny story: Lauren and I had the tv on Mean Girls when we left with mom to go shopping. Our dad was staying behind and when I asked if he wanted me to remote to switch the channel he said, “No, actually can you turn the volume up?” Despite spending a large portion of his life living with six girly-girls, my dad has managed to remain surprisingly manly, but even the manliest dad has his weak moments, apparently.

After Erica, Denis, and Kent left us on Sunday we visited the Nature Museum. Lauren and I had so much fun with all the interactive games where we got to tape ourselves making chimp calls and bird sounds.

Our not-so-blonde momma (don’t tell her that though):

Me, hanging out in a tree:

The photo ops really were endless:

After the museum we had some snacks at a market/bakery where apparently Obama had recently enjoyed some a cookie. Poor Obama probably felt like he had to order a Canada cookie to show his pride, even though the cookies looked pretty unappetizing and everything else there looked soooo good! At least he’s a good sport. Now they’re milking these cookies for every penny:

Thanks for being so much fun, Lauren! I LOVE Ottawa and will definitely be visiting you next year when I’m living only four hours away instead of nine.

That was our nontraditional Easter weekend, a far cry from our usual which always includes a 9am Catholic mass and way too many Easter dinners and easter egg hunts. I did make Kent an Easter basket though. I couldn’t help myself. I “apparently” didn’t warn him (ie. he didn’t remember me warning him!) I didn’t care though, I love giving him holiday gifts even if I don’t get any in return. My parents have always made us Easter baskets (and gave the three of us plus the two boys one to share this year) and later Kent was very apologetic and decided that he liked the basket idea so much that it will be a tradition from now on. Starting new holiday traditions is my favourite.

Check out the rest of our trip on my flickr!

Filed Under: Family, Holidays, life, micaela, ottawa, personal, random, sisterhood, travel

It's happening. And it's great.

April 11, 2009 By Leah 11 Comments

Since graduating about a year ago, and subsequently moving across the country with the boyfriend, I have noticed a lot of changes within myself. Positive, progressive changes that make me feel as though I am growing up. I have always felt grown-up, and have generally been a thought as though I was a mature person, but in the past month or two, I am surprising myself daily.

It’s in cleaning the house and keeping it that way for more than 24 hours, in brushing and flossing twice daily, in washing my face daily and paying more attention to my beauty routine, in making doctors appointments for myself, keeping budgets, and exercising regularly, it’s in cleaning and vacuuming Tim’s car, in making my bed every single day, and in doing groceries on my own. It’s in sitting in a popular bar with my best friend discussing literature. It’s in being on time on a regular basis, and scheduling my days so I can be the most productive, and even in paying more attention to my appearance and the way I am perceived by others. It’s in going to see a documentary on a Saturday evening, and being told by your tax specialist that you didn’t seem your age, because “people your age usually don’t care about the details, they just want the money.” It’s in thinking about how my actions affect other people, and in finding myself thinking deeply about the things that are important in my life, and what I am looking for in all of my relationships.

I feel it in being more aware of my surroundings and of the life I am choosing to create for myself, and the difference I am making in the world.

So tell me, was there a moment or period of time when you really starting becoming an adult, or felt grown-up?

Filed Under: life, personal, question

This pone takes the cake.

April 8, 2009 By Leah 12 Comments

Well, clearly I failed at the previous mission. This is my way of making it up to all of you. Yes, by kicking your pony-tailed butts .

Leah

(Erica, can this be my bridesmaid hair? No? Okay then, Micaela?)

(Props to Tim for being such a good sport.)

Filed Under: blonde, humour

Hair is just Hair

Lau's Life in Pho-Pho-Photos!

Kate's life in photos

My Life in Photos

Blog Swap: Hope Dies Last

Tuesdays avec Micaela: Eleven Days and Dress ADD

I never thought I was girly…until now.

Tuesdays with Micaela: Easter weekend in Ottawa

It's happening. And it's great.

This pone takes the cake.

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