Life Looking Up for Britney

Only six months ago, it looked like the bright and bubbly Britney Spears that had become a teen superstar was possibly gone forever, replaced by a semi-coherent, erratic mess that spent her sleepless nights driving aimlessly around southern California. Oh how things have changed for the pop superstar!

Now that her custody battle with ex Kevin Federline is over, Brit is truly enjoying the time she spends with her two boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James. During their weekly overnight visit last weekend, the singer played host to a playdate with the boys and little girl friend around two years old. "They were all having fun on the street in front of Brit's house," a witness tells OK!. "The kids were wheeling around in mini plastic cars and enjoying themselves."

On the career front, as Britney told OK! in her recent exclusive interview — she's back to work on her upcoming album. And this weekend saw the 26-year-old heading to two different recording studios, in Hollywood and Silver Lake, to lay down some tracks.

Then it was off to a party in the Hollywood Hills for her hairstylist and good friend Kim Vo, who has been credited with getting Brit to ditch the pink wigs and horrific weaves that marked her dark period in late 2007 and early 2008. Kim is also responsible for Britney's locks on her two appearances on How I Met Your Mother.