Look long and hard because you will probably never see this again

UPDATE: Apparently I need to clarify: I did her hair. It's adorable. She took it out in less than five minutes.

Of Hair and Creme

Sometime this summer before I decided to cut Carolyn's bangs I had spent quite a bit of time trying to find a salon to do it for me. I have no talent at cutting hair. But I couldn't justify the expense, especially because it was really just her bangs I wanted done.

Then months passed. And her hair got more out of control. I really don't know how to explain it. She has curly hair in the back and a little on the side, but the top layer all around her head is straight. It won't curl for anything. Also, if I gelled her hair, it would look really cute for about 10 minutes. 5 if she sat in her carseat. Then it would fall out and look silly.


We really needed some help. So I took her to a kiddie salon today. Yay for chairs that look like airplanes. And for big screen TVs showing movies. And hair people who can cut hair while their subject is trying to look at everything in the store at once.



Carolyn did a great job and her hair looks great. What I love the most is Bouncy Creme. Apparently, this is what we have been missing her whole life. It defines her curls, stayed looking nice after car seat rides, and wasn't all crunchy. Now I just have to find the energy to go to a beauty supply store to buy some.

Who doesn't want to look like a Disney boy?

Carolyn has what I call "Disney boy hair." It is the oh-so-flattering hairstyle where you comb your hair from the back of your head forward. I'm sure you've seen it. It's quite common these days, but usually not on little girls.

Exhibit 1: Some dude from a Disney show. He was also in Adam Sandler's Big Daddy, but his hair didn't look like this then.



Exhibit 2: Some dude from Hannah Montana. You can ignore the girl. Her hair looks fine.
As you can see, Carolyn rocked this hairstyle. There wasn't much we can do about it. Her hair just tended to grow this way. A comb was pretty useless, gel didn't have much hold. Pigtails worked great, but she tried to pull them out all day.


But last week it finally became time to give those bangs a trim. It's amazing it took two years of hair growth for her bangs to finally get in her eyes, but this was really past due.


Here's her hair before:


and after:


It surprised me how making her bangs a little shorter helped the rest of her hair part in a style I appreciate a lot more. We'll be trimming them again shortly because they grow fast and seem to be longer than this picture shows. But I am willing to give her a trim every few weeks just to keep the hair out of her face and make her look a little less like Zac Efron.

Fan Hair

A good friend has two treadmills, so I took Carolyn over today to get a run in without all the snow and cold. Between stops to keep her little body away and time for cuddles, I got in almost three miles! It felt nice to run again after my break for laziness. The fan set up to keep us cool was a big hit with the children. Here are some little pictures of Carolyn styling her hair with it.

I'm a girl! (who likes football)

Last week I opened Carolyn's dresser drawer and let her pull out the onesie she wanted to wear. She reached for her Brian Westbrook Eagles jersey (it wasn't even the closest one to her). Papa was so proud. I got her dressed and then left the house to run our errands. Understandably, I was complimented on my very handsome boy. So when we got home, I decided to fix that. This is Carolyn's very first hairdo. It stayed in for the rest of the day, and in the future when she wears this jersey, I will have to find a pretty green ribbon or something for her hair.