Crazy Hair Day!

Every year at school, my youngest has a Crazy Hair Day.  In year's past, I have done her hair in the morning, she has cried, insisted I remove whatever I've done and gone to school with completely normal hair.

This year, I made her promise that if I did her hair she would HAVE to go to school, no tears, no changes.  She looked up a mohawk for girls online and this is our 'interpretation'.  Her hair is way, way too long to do a mohawk, so this is what we ended up with.

To do this, I first braided her hair in tiny braids the night before to give it more volume in the morning since her hair is so straight.

Next, I divided it into tiny ponytails all in the center of her head.  Then I started teasing the center ponytails, working my way side to side.  I decided to leave one section out in the front and three sections out in the back because she has SO MUCH hair and time was running out.

Then I pinned a few hot pink feathers in, used some haircolor spray paint in hot pink and voila!

Best of all, no tears!

First Day of School

It's back to school for my youngest...can't believe how quickly the days have passed of summer! I'm glad to be back to a more structured routine, I don't do well with the loosey-goosey nature of summertime.

Getting in the car!

Walking in the front of the building

In the lobby, that look on her face cracks me up, she's not quite sure she's happy or sad to be back at school!

In the hallway!

Going to the playground she found one of her friends, smile's getting bigger!

And add another friend, this was my cue to leave...she let me hug her just a tad, think that is the last year she'll allow it.