Before and After

"Mom, I want bangs." That's what Ricochet has been telling me for the last couple of weeks. I usually cut her hair, but seeing as she has a perma-part and I just wasn't quite sure how to make that work, I didn't want to go there. Since I was going to get my hair cut anyway, I decided to take her along and make it a girl's day. So here she is, all growing up and stuff.

Before:

After (it was really sunny, hence the squinty eyes and forced smile):

Confessions:

Dear Charlotte,

Ricochet has been sporting the same hairdo for three days. Not that I've done the same hairdo on her for three days, but that I never took it out.

The dishes have been waiting to be washed for the same amount of time.

Yesterday we all stayed in our pajamas until Ben called and said he was coming home from work soon.

Ssshhhhh! Don't tell my kids I'm a bad mom and they'll never figure it out, right?

A Little Hair Garden

Dear Charlotte,

Here are a few hairdos we've done over the last couple of months. No, I do not ALWAYS do updos and put flowers in, but apparently that's the only time I take pictures. Enjoy!

These next two are from a Sunday when my niece and nephew were visiting, so I got to do her hair too. She has long, thick hair (much unlike my own little princess) and it was fun to do her hair, although it took longer too. They both wanted hair flowers, so they got 'em.
And lastly, this is a sneaky little way to do a curly hair-looking do without having to curl and trying to get the curls to stay in (a real challenge her at our abode). Here is where I learned how to do it. Ricochet's hair was a little short for it, but I'm thinking that if it's longer by my sister's wedding, this might be the way we go.

I've Been Up to Something

Can you guess what I've been up to?










FLOWERS!
In the last week or so, I've started making flower hair clips because Ricochet kept seeing pictures of girls with flowers in their hair and just HAD to have some. Turns out I'm a little addicted. Here is what I've made so far:
Some of them are for Ricochet and some of them are for an auction for the private school where my sister teaches. And there are more in the works, of course. I'm thinking I might start selling them on my jewelry website as well.

Here are pics of a couple of quick hairdos I did on Ricochet with some flowers. Don't mind the messy hair with the purple flowers - I was trying to give her a little boof by backcombing it, but apparently I didn't smooth the top out so well before I put the ponies in.

"Geeze Mom! Could you stop taking pictures now?!"
Isn't she a darling?

Hair Today

Dear Charlotte,

I know it's been a couple of weeks since I posted any hairdos, so here one is. I actually tried this one once last week, but the ribbon I used was too short and too stiff, so it didn't turn out quite like I wanted it to. So OF COURSE I had to go out and buy some new ribbon. I really love this one. Until doing this hairstyle, I'd never done the "inside out" french braids that pop, but they really stay much better in Ricochet's hair than the traditional french braids. So without further ado...

TA DA!

And here she is trying to pose and watch her show at the same time...

Day 3

Dear Charlotte,

Well, yesterday I forgot to take pictures of Ricochet's hair, but you didn't miss out on anything because it was not much of anything. Today I decided to try Hot Sticks in her hair for the first time. I've actually never even used them before.

So here she is with the hot curlers in. That face is too cute, I know...

And here is what it looked like after I took out the sticks. I just can't seem to get the ends to wrap around right, so they're sticking out all over the place.

And I pulled it back with some bobby pins with ribbons tied on the ends. Not too bad, but certainly not the spiral curls I was going for...

And one more little brother picture because he's feeling so left out...

This is what he does when you tell him to smile. I love my little man!

Results

Here are the results from day one of actually doing my daughter's hair. First is the inspiration photo and then some I took after my attempt.

I Can Learn to do ANYTHING

That's the attitude I try to have when I am learning new things that just don't come naturally to me...like doing Ricochet's hair for instance. I've never been good at styling hair - I just can't seem to get my hands to hold pieces and keep them separate. Not to mention her hair is so thin it doesn't stay in anything. My sister Rebecca (thanks Becca!) emailed me a link to an awesome hairstyling blog for little girls' dos: http://girlydos.blogspot.com/ I LOVE IT! It makes me want to actually do Ricochet's hair every day (this, in and of itself, is pretty incredible for those who actually know me)! And my little girl likes the idea of having her hair done, but her attention span is lacking. So, we're going to work on this and start doing her hair and maybe I'll even get some pictures posted so you can see what we come up with. How fun!

My Hair

I got my hair chopped off today. I was going to grow it long, but then yesterday I started to think about cutting it. I woke up this morning and thought, "Ben doesn't have to go to work today - what a perfect day to get my hair cut!" And so I did. I'm always nervous when I get my hair cut, because I always wait until it's pretty long and then I cut it pretty short and it's hard to get rid of all of that hard-earned length! BUT, today is the first time in a long time that I have been so happy with the results on the day it's cut. I LOVE IT! And I love the great job Becky from JC Penny did. If you want to get your hair cut or anything - see Becky at JC Penny, because she's fantastic! I'll have to get a picture posted when I take one. Who knew I could be so excited about a haircut?