 And Tara's vlog, if you guys are new here, my name is Charlotte and I am a fourth grade science and social studies teacher in the East Valley of Arizona. So it is June 28th and I thought I would just start a new vlog. I haven't vlogged or posted for a long time and I think that it's time that I kind of transition back into this film, edit and post routine because I really want to do better this next coming school year about vlogging and posting and just being present on YouTube and I just miss it. So anyways, it is June 28th today and I am in beautiful Prescott, Arizona. You guys probably can tell by the background here because it's just so beautiful here. But anyways, we we've had a really fun summer. I'll just kind of catch you guys up really quick. By the way, this vlog is going to kind of in case like this whole week of summer break that we're here in Prescott. I'm going to try to film and get as many clips as I can of our little vacation here. But so it might be a little bit of a long one. So if you guys are here for the long haul, grab a snack, find a cozy place to sit and buckle up and we'll enjoy this vlog together. And if you guys don't watch the whole thing, that's fine too. I'm just glad that you stopped by. This summer has been a complete blast and probably one of my best summer vacations in a long time. So we actually started off our summer by going camping up in Williams, Arizona, which is a beautiful place. If you're from Arizona, you probably know about Williams. And if you're not from Arizona, Williams is near the Grand Canyon. Started up our summer by camping. We will head home right before the 4th of July so that we can be home with our friends. And so, yeah, so today we are starting off our Prescott trip with some swimming lessons. So Cash is going to be turning five in November. And it is time that he start learning how to swim without the little wings. You know, we've got a lot of friends that have pools, family members that have pools. And it's time for him to learn how to swim without any floaties. He needs to be able to, you know, feel confident in the pool. Be able to, you know, stay afloat long enough for someone to notice. Obviously, when he goes swimming, we're watching. But it is time for him to learn how to swim independently. So today we are that's kind of where we're on our way now. We're on our way to the YMCA and Prescott, which is actually where my nephew learned to swim. I used to work out there. I used to swim there growing up. And so it's kind of like a nostalgic place. But anyway, we're on our way now for Cash's second swim lesson. After that, I need to go and do a little bit of self care. I need to go get, well, I don't need to. I'm going to go get my nails done. These need to be filled. My toenails are just a disgrace. And then after that, I'm actually going to see my wonderful friend and hairdresser, Shelby, who's done my hair for years since I was about 19 years old. She's been my hairdresser. Speaking of hairs, you can kind of see it's brown. So at the end of May, I went to a salon in Queen Creek, which is where I live before, just for some highlights and touch ups in between when I could see Shelby. And I asked her, so you guys saw my hair before, I had like dirty blonde roots with, you know, platinum highlights and ends. So I went in asking for her to pull down my natural hair color a little bit more so that I wouldn't have to go in as often thinking it would probably be close to like, you know, a nice balayage, she would low light me, whatever. And I ended up turning brown. So I tried to, you know, let it fade and be understanding that maybe she had done it so that it would fade out and it just hasn't. My hair is still brown. So I tried to, you know, buy some hair extensions and really cheap ones just to kind of like, you know, see, do I like this color? Can I live with it? I just don't like it. It just isn't me. It's nothing to do with like the color. It just, it doesn't fit me when I look in the mirror. I'm like, oh, I don't, I just, I don't recognize myself. I really don't like it. It just isn't my personality. I just, I don't like it. So I'm going to go see if Shelby can fix it. It might end up being a little bit shorter, which right now it's about here, but it's so thin because I have hated it so much that I just wear it up in a bun as much as I can. And I know I'm ruining my hair. So once she fixes my hair, if she has to cut some of it off, that's fine. I'm not going to wear my hair up in a bun anymore. I'm going to really commit to like wearing clips in it or like, you know, putting it up in other ways. But I really, really want to like focus on growing my hair out healthy because it's so thin and fine. So that is what's on the agenda today. So I'm going to take you guys with me and hopefully we can get my hair back to, you know, somewhat. I've been painted before with like polka dots in Disney. I feel like I'm very simple when it comes to my nails because I don't want to commit to like one color and then it not match what I wear. I don't know. I've always kind of been that way. I used to do my nails exactly like this when I used to work as a princess party performer. Very simple and very like, I don't know, feminine, I guess. So anyway, here are my nails. All right. So it is now time to head over to my hair appointment. So I just pulled my hair out of the clip to kind of show you guys what it's looking like right now. It's very, I don't know, the color is just weird. It's not brown. It's not blonde. It's just kind of this like weird, mousy, like in-between kind of color. This is the length and it's very thin. And I think that's probably, well, I don't think I know. It's my fault because I wear my hair up in a bun a lot and especially in the last month and a half because I've hated my hair and just wearing it up in a bun makes it look not so bad. So hopefully Shelby can do some magic and make it look great. I'm doing it before and after. So good. It's such a difference. Like, I think this is what I was looking for originally when I told the other hairstylist and she completely butchered it. So Shelby fixed it. Shelby has always been like so reliable when it comes to hair and she's such a good friend. And anyway, I'm very pleased with the way it looks. And she did trim it a little bit because it really did need a little bit of a trim. It was looking very tragic. So I love it. I think it turned out really, really good. Here's the roots. And then she did a little bit of a blunt cut so that when I don't curl it, it'll look a little bit thicker. So I'm super, super happy with it. So now I'm gonna go meet up with my sister and I'm gonna do something a little bit crazy and I will show you guys when I get there. Okay, so I'm here and you can't see where it is. It's this little place right here. It's called Electric Tattoo. I'm not getting a tattoo though. I'm getting my nose pierced. I've been wanting to get my nose pierced for forever and I'm finally doing it. My sister's actually supposed to be meeting me here. I think she's gonna be a little bit late but anyway, I'm gonna be getting a nose piercing and I'm just gonna get like the little hoop. I guess it's what it's called, not a stud. I'm hoping to get a loop, hoop, loop, maybe ring. I don't know, but I'm scared, but I'm excited. So I'm gonna go and I'm gonna do that and when I see you next, I'm probably gonna have a nose ring. Look, I'm a big girl now. It's all red. Yeah, it's bloody. I see lightning. Second. It's a thunder head storm. Hello my friends. So it is now, I didn't vlog much yesterday. I'm trying to remember what we even did yesterday. Went to swimming lessons and then we, I worked out the gym with my sister and then we came home and just kind of hung out at the house for a while. Scott came up early, we watched a movie and then we went over to my friend Shelby's house, the girl who does my hair for dinner. Scott and I went over for dinner and it was super fun. It was nice to just catch up with her and now I'm on my way to the local Starbucks to meet up with Jennifer. If you guys have watched me for forever or if you frequent the Teacher-YouTuber circuit, Jennifer from Genuine Teaching lives up here in the Prescott area. I taught with her years ago up here and I'm getting to see her today and I'm so excited. Look who's here. Yeah. So it's Friday evening and we're heading out to dinner. We're gonna go to one of my favorite places in Prescott, El Gato, which is a place that I took Darin and Shelly and Marie and Vanessa and Jessica. We had our little camp Teacher-Tuber a few summers ago. We all went there for dinner and then we're gonna be heading to the Prescott World's oldest rodeo. So I'll get some clips of that and then Scott and I are gonna go to a rodeo dance tonight. Yeah. We're gonna go on a date. We're not gonna dance, but we're gonna go on a rodeo. We are gonna dance. We're gonna dance a little bit. A couple times. There's the rodeo queen at 1230 and we are on our way back down to the valley. Cash, did you have a fun time at Nana's? Yes. So it's kind of funny. Scott is actually in front of us. He got here a few days ago and we all went to the parade together. We went to the rodeo, which was up the last. I will have to insert some clips or hopefully I already entered some clips. And so Scott is actually driving ahead of us. My parents are gonna be like a half hour behind us because they are coming down for a few days so that my mom can actually come into the classroom with me. We're gonna go in on Monday and Wednesday and do a little bit of organization. We're gonna hang some walls and just she really likes to help me get my classroom set up. So we're gonna do a couple of little things in there while she's down here. My dad will actually hang out with cash while we're working in there. So I'm very excited. And tomorrow's the 4th of July so they get to be here with us for the 4th of July as well. So that is the end of this vlog and pretty much this is like my last hurrah for the summer because after tomorrow, I am back in full blown school mode. It's, you know, I'll start working a few hours in my classroom every day. I'll start working a few hours in the office every day. And then next week on Wednesday is when we report back, contracted report back time. So I hope you guys are ready for some back to school vlogs, some planning vlogs, classroom set up vlogs. You guys know that July is kinda like my crunch time. I like to post a lot in July. So anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this vlog. I hope you are enjoying your summer and if you're in Arizona, whatever is left of your summer, I hope you enjoyed it because mine is coming to a close. So anyway, guys, don't forget to follow me on Instagram at apples and tiaras. I will probably do some stories there in the next few days as I kind of like start preparing to go back into the classroom. And I will probably do lunchtime lives again because during my lunches, I might start doing some lunchtime lives again on my Instagram. So make sure you're following me there just in case I decide to do that. And I will see you guys in the next...