Hair it is--Picture Day!

Today is picture day! We were up early, working on The Hair. The kiddo was cooperative, because she wanted to look her best for her pic.

First, she chose her outfit from the options we discussed last night. Then, she willingly let me do her hair--which, of course, involved wetting and conditioning it before we even got around to styling it. I let her use some of my fancy gel, and...voila...um, no. So we tried again. And...still not right in the front. So what's a curly girl-mean mommy to do? Whip out the scissors and fix the bangs. Much better. And then I had to scrunch it some more before I let her go into the school, but you know what? She only complained halfheartedly, because after all, today is Picture Day.

A big shout out to Brandy H. at Les Cheveux for showing me the Deva Curl "hair aerobics" and for giving me tips for cutting the kiddo's hair.

A Hair-Raising Morning

Yesterday, the kiddo was late for school for the very first time, because of a "bad hair day". Seriously.  She had wet it with a spray bottle as usual, then wanted to style it all by herself, and, well, I dropped the ball and wasn't paying enough attention to see that she used a lot of styling product--all on the top of her head--and didn't brush it. Then, the product dried. Oh...

We were out the door when I finally noticed that the kiddo had sticky helmet head. I just couldn't let her go to school like that, so we went back inside and I struggled to get the brush through her hair. Of course, my efforts went unappreciated and the kiddo was concerned about being late for school. When we got to the school and I had to state the reason we were tardy, I said that the kiddo and I had had a fight over her hair. The secretary, a curly girl herself, nodded and tried not to laugh.

Hair It Is Again

 
One of the kiddo's teachers told me that she complimented the kiddo's curls, and the kiddo blurted out: "my mommy brushes it every single day!"  Yes. Hence the compliments.