Standing at my kitchen island this morning, I was watching my kids eat their cereal. As they chattered and played across the table with each other, I reminded them to eat fast--we were already running a little behind. Suddenly Kallie said, "MOM. Today is Wacky Hair Day!"
"Are you sure?"
"YES. June 1st. That's Wacky Hair Day!"
I have been pondering Wacky Hair Day for several weeks now. I had several ideas up my sleeve--but I felt completely unprepared! I had intended to have colored hair spray, maybe put her hair in curlers the night before or SOMETHING. But, here we were, 15 minutes away from leaving--and she still had to finish breakfast, brush her teeth, shoes and socks, jacket, backpack, etc.--and I had to use whatever I had on hand. I told Kallie to eat FAST and ran upstairs to get things ready.
Kallie actually finished her breakfast in record time. (Not sure how that happened, but apparently I need to harness the I-didn't-know-it-was-Wacky-Hair-Day energy every day.) Usually, Kallie is quite picky about how her hair looks. It's either half up in a braid or, more often, all down with a headband. But, today, she let me just do whatever. I have to admit, it was quite nice. Here's how it turned out:
The whole time I was doing her hair, I was asking her if she was SURE that today was really Wacky Hair Day. I had visions of arriving at the bus stop, only to see all of the other kids with nicely combed hair--and discovering that it was really Friday. I prepped Kallie (just in case) if that happend, she could just be happy being silly today. I was quite relieved to see lots of Wacky Hair running past our car to catch the bus.
And, I will
7 comments:
Nice job. Way better than my attempts at wacky hair day. By the way when did Kallie get so old?
She totally looks like a little Who! Cute!!
Very impressive wacky hair! It's amazing what motivates kids to do their jobs/eat the food quickly! :) Glad that it was, in fact, wacky hair day too. That might have been a long, awkward day.
Ahhh!! I love it!! That is an amazing wacky hair-do. I can't believe that was last minute...I'm impressed! Hope you and your family are great, Amanda.
Her hair looks awesome! Good job on such short notice. You rock that hairdo, Kallie! She's getting so big.
Great job on the hair. I can't believe she is getting so big and grown up but I guess kids do that.
love the hair! she totally belongs in a Dr. Seuss film. She would be the perfect Cyndi-Lou.
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