WELL.....HELLOOOOOOOO

....Nice to see you. To see you...................NICE.

It has been forever and a day since I last blogged. Truth be told, I haven't had any time to miss it much, eish! Grade 3 at the boys prep.... I is not coping. Wowza, its a bit of a mans world - and such a stark contrast to the very nurturing environment that was the Junior Prep.

Luckily, the boy child is doing just fine. Its just the parental that needs to be drowned in Vodka every night.. And that, dear people, is mostly why there has been no blogging.

And so - here we are already well into February, and I haven't documented anything from the big first month of the year.

January started with a bang for the Weaver household. Ryan was starting in the Boys Prep School, Emily was starting in Gr R in the Junior Prep and Luke was starting his final year at Nursery school. I am happy to report, that 1 month in, all 3 mini weavers are well and truly settled in their new schools/ classes and doing well! What a relief. Ryan is VERY busy! Between school sport, club sport, extra murals, catechism, matches.... oh, and Grade 3 work. But he is thriving - clearly he was ready for this mans world. The mother person? Not so much! The school have organised a Dada and lads weekend away in a couple of weeks. The lucky dads and lads are off rafting, paintballing and some other blokey stuff. Now - If I could just farm my other 2 off spring out for the weekend, I might be able to check myself into the health spa and have a weekend of pure bliss :0

Before I forget, I promised the lovely Gill that I would give feedback on the Brazillian hair do. So here goes: I have/ am very happy with the result. Bare in mind, my hair is naturally straight, so I wasn't aiming for the starightening effect, more for the smoothing effect. Well - truth be told, I am happy with both!! yes - it actually made my hair straighter. As in straight and sleek from root to tip. You see - even people with straight hair, don't have symmetrically staright hair from root to tip. whilst my hair is straight, it had this little wave thing that it did about halfway down the length, so it would be straight, then it does a little squiggle, and then straight again. Hard to explain - but those of you with straight hair will know what I mean. Anyhoo - post brazillian: the aquiggle is gone! It is just beautifully straight. And smooth. Smooth like silk, I cant stop touching it, it feels so divine. You have to wash it with the special shampoo and conditioner, which costs a small fortune itself ( cue R320 for each bottle) but it smells so utterly divine and hopefully will last a long time ( they are big bottles). The shampoo is sulphide free. if you use shampoo with sulphide in, it will lessen the life of your Brazillian.

So - magic question: what is the life of the Brazillian? I think it depends on how curly your hair is... the hairdresser told me it would last 6 weeks - 3 months. Its been 6 weeks since mine and its still very sleek and utterly straight....but I have been a good girl and only used the shampoo recommended and havent swum in chlorinated water. So - will I do it again? I have to say, I'm kinda addicted to smooth, silky hair - so yes, I probably would. BUT _ I will not pay full price because I think charging upward of R1500 is daylight robbery. So - i will consider doing it again on a special deal.... but I do feel it was oh-so-worth-it... and I am worth it too ;)

So - there you have it Gill! Give it a try, you wont be dissapointed. I must just stress that I am talking about the all natural Brazillian Keratin Cacao treatment.... there are no chemicals involved. If you see the word FORMALDEHYDE mentioned anywhere.... get yourself and your hair outta there as fast as you can. You are likely to walk away with no hair, never mind smooth hair!

And to end off - just a few pics of my wee treasures from this year thus far.

Or not.... cos Typepad is playing up....gggrrrr. Photos next time then x

Comments

[Gill]

Thanks so much for the report back Kirsty! I definitely want to have one....now I just need to find the bucks.....

[Jacqui]

thanks for the update, have missed your blogs!

[Cat@jugglingact]

Sounds like they are all doing fine. Over here the grade 1 girl is also doing fine, it's the mom that is struggling a bit

[allie]

I hope you realise that we still expect photos?
Just because Wordpress wouldn't play ball once, you can't give up and leave us pic-less, nnkay?

Glad your sprogs are all doing so well.
Good luck with the frenziedness of momming - I see it with Melb, and I so sympathise!

[Lynette]

Glad to hear all is well in the Weaver household. My Brazillian lasted about 6 weeks, but we have a saltwater pool and I have a feeling my hair didn't like that much.

[Joanne]

At the moment I would be just happy to keep more of my hair never mind have it smoothed, it is falling out - a lot I think its this age thing xxx