Hair It Is...

...the final installment of our 30 days of hair!

I must admit, part of me is sad to have this over. It has been so much fun for Katelee and I to plan and do together. I am glad we did this! It meant a lot to Katelee - she told everyone in the world about it. :) I am definitely out of my hair-doing rut! I feel like I have a million more hairstyles I want to try and variations on the old ones now. I realize there are lots of resources out there, and that doing cute hair doesn't have to take a long time or a lot of skill. :) The blog I used most this week was SheDoesHair.blogspot.com. A great place to look for creative, everyday hairstyles.

But part of me is relived to have this done, as well. Even though I love doing Katelee's hair, it has taken some energy to do something new and unique each day. Tomorrow - ponytail!! Hooray! :)

I decided it was faster to put a link to the tutorial rather than try to explain how I did each hairstyle. Plus, their tutorials are better for me to use when I want to review.

Day 30

Twisty Crown

This is another hairdo that I think looks gorgeous but only took 5 minutes to do! I found a tutorial, but altered it so it only took in the top half of her hair. I curled the bottom half with soft curls. Beautiful and fast! Tutorial here.

Day 29

Heart piggytails

This is hands-down Katelee's favorite style, because it is fast (less than 10 minutes) and it includes HEARTS! This would look even better with ringlets in the end, but I only had 10 minutes to work with today. We received TONS of comments - Katelee loved it!

Tutorial here.

Day 28

Loop-de-loops

LOVE this hairstyle - and it only takes about 5 minutes! Easy and cute! Tutorial here.

Day 27

3 ponytails on a slanted part

Katelee had some leftover curls from yesterday's hairdo that I couldn't stand to get rid of yet. So I did this quick and easy hairdo. Fast, easy, cute, and a bit different from the norm. Tutorial here.

Day 26

Basketweave

This is the sweetest hairstyle ever! It's not hard to do, but it is time consuming. It's worth the time, in mine and Katelee's opinion. This was for church, and she must have gotten about a million compliments. So, if you have a sweet daughter, a large craft needle and some time on your hands, this hairstyle is a must try! It looks SO cool! Tutorial here.

Day 25

Side twists into a half-flipped ponytail.

Part the hair. Twist each side down, gathering pieces of hair from the bottom as you go. Secure both twists in a ponytail. At this point, you could just flip the ponytail all the way through and leave it hanging down, but I chose to flip it only halfway through and fluff the ends. This is pretty easy, but if you want a tutorial you can find it here.

Day 24

Four twist-throughs on top, diagonal

Tutorial found here.

Day 23

Lattice piggytails into braids

This is NOT my favorite hairstyle. It was definitely an experiment. I love the look of lattice piggytails, and I saw on one blog how someone did the lattice piggytails upside down so that the ponytails ended up on top of the head instead of on the bottom. I decided to give it a try, but the piggytails ended up too much on the very top of Katelee's head, making her look like a ridiculous bug. :) So I braided the piggytails and tucked them under the 'lattice' to make them go back down her head. It's an interesting look, to say the least. :) If you want the tutorial for lattice piggytails, you can click here.

Day 22

Princess Hair Net

I don't know what to call this hairstyle, but Katelee and I decided to call it the princess hair net. Ha ha ha! You can find the tutorial here.

My Daughter is a Squirrel

My daughter is a squirrel.

Katelee loves to create little stashes of treasures here and there in hidden places around the house. I moved a chair today and found a pile of sparkly beads underneath. I pulled a blanket out from under her bed and discovered a stash of jewelry - some of it mine! I find little piles of candies (or sometime just the wrappers!) underneath the couch or behind her doll house. Today she even hid my car keys underneath the couch - I was so mad when I finally found them! I bet at any given time she has at least a dozen little pockets of treasures hidden. Is this normal behavior?

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My daughter is a flamingo.

Or at least a flamingo-in-training. This is how one of our conversations went yesterday.

Me: Katelee, could you come here?

Katelee: I can't mom! I'm practicing!

M: Practicing what?

K: I'm busy practicing, Mom!

At this point I walked into the other room to find this:

Katelee: (In a completely dead-serious voice.) Mom, I'm practicing standing like a flamingo. I'm busy right now.

And then she went back to her diligent practice.

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My daughter is a songbird.

Seriously, Katelee sings all the time. I love this about her. She sings at home, she sings in the car, she sings (VERY LOUDLY) throughout her long showers, she sings on the toilet, she sings . . . well, just about everywhere.

Tonight we were at the library. Katelee needed to use the bathroom. I watched her go into the children's room and lock the private bathroom door behind her. She knew I was going to be looking at movies in the adult section of the library - a spot quite a distance from the children's room bathroom, but still within sight. Within minutes of her going into the restroom, I heard singing. LOUD singing. Happy, lovely, cheerful little-girl-singing. Coming from the bathroom. People around me (remember - I was standing in the adult section of the library!) began to grin and glance around. Finally I had to go tap on the door and remind her this was the library! She joined me soon afterwards. She was bouncing around and doing a wiggly little dance. "I think my underwear are on wrong!" she announced loudly to anyone within 10 yards. The man browsing the movies next to me couldn't hold it any longer and started to laugh aloud - leaving the aisle to try to hide his laughter.

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My daughter is a fish.

She swam all the way across the pool on her own today! Both on her back and then forward and underwater. Happy day!

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My daughter is a love bug! My love bug. I love her so much. I wouldn't trade her for anything in the world.

'Create' Day

Katelee, Kassandra and I decided to have a 'Create' day last week.

The girls colored pictures and wrote letters to a friend who has moved.

We made necklaces and bracelets....

Stained glass window decorations...

and frosted cupcakes!

We had so much fun!

Chop Chop!

Look what I chopped off today!

I'm donating it to cancer patients through Pantene Beautiful Locks, like I did a couple of years back. :)

Shhhhh.... don't tell. It's a secret. Gerald's out of town and he doesn't know I cut it yet.

Honey, in case you read this before you get home, here's a little preview of my new haircut:

I love it!

Katelee keeps touching my hair and saying things like, "You look weird!" and (my favorite), "New mama!"

Ha ha ha!

Summertime Is Here

...full of sunshine and fun!

We've spent part of almost everyday hanging out at the pool. Of course, I never think to take my camera. I did snap these cute pictures of Katelee rolling down the hill at the park yesterday. Gotta love it!

And playing at the fountains!

And eating a picnic lunch!

I love summertime!!