Pony tail

Ever since finding out that I'd be having a girl, I was excited at the prospect of all the cute hair styles I would be able to try with her. Working in day care in my late teens and early 20's, I'd often braid the little girls in my classes hair and couldn't wait for the hopeful day that I'd be able to do up my own girls hair. Mack spent most of the first two years of her life bald or sporting some form of a mullet but since then, I've been able to do all sorts of fun things. So I'm not sure if I'm sad or excited that she has shown the same excitement about doing her own hair.

She hasn't perfected the art just yet. Usually her morning routine consists of brushing the length of her hair, leaving most of the tangles behind, followed by spritzing one section ( usually the right side) with water, detangler and several squirts of the Plumeria body spray I gave her. You can always tell when her routine is complete because the scent of Plumeria fills the air. Lately, her abilities have increased and she manages what she calls a pony tail:



So far, she's only mastered wrapping the little pony tail holders around the " pony tail" one time so the " pony" doesn't hang around very long but I still think getting that far is a real feat! The other latest craze is to braid her hair into tiny little sections after her bath so that the next two days, she can sport "crazy hair". It's always fun the next morning to take out the many braids and see what we are left with. The poofier/frizzier the better for this wild child!