When my oldest girls were little we took the time every single day to do some fancy hairdos in their hair. As time wore on, the girls got older, we accumulated more girls and the hairdos got less and less fancy until, gasp, we were just doing well to get all the tangles brushed out of their hair before lunchtime.
I actually hadn’t realized how lax I’d gotten about this until a month ago. I lined up the littler girls, brushed and styled their hair, and went along my merry way. Each one of the six girls asked me within a ten minute period, “When are we leaving for town?” I hate having to answer a question more than twice so by the sixth time this question was asked I answered right back in an exasperated tone of voice, “We are NOT going to town today! Why does everyone keep asking when we are going to town?” Sweet little Truffle answered, “Uh, because you did our hair.” Well, duh! I had a good laugh and resolved I needed to do better.
There are still days when we just brush out their hair but more often than not we are doing some fun hairstyles now. Here’s two I actually remembered to take pictures of.
Truffle with her jazzed up ponytail at the 4H poultry show Labor Day weekend. Instructions are from Girly Do’s. Semisweet wore this style to her orthodontic observation appointment last week and all the nurses were going gaga over it trying to figure it out so they could attempt to replicate it in their own daughters’ hair.
Cookie with her woven pigtails. She loves pigtails and buns. They suit her. Instructions are at The Story of a Princess and her Hair.
More hair style sites I like to peruse:
Hair Today
Curls and Cowlicks
It’s a girl thing!
Princess Charmed Hair
Wow, you are good!! My poor little girls are lucky when they get a plain old pony tail. I think I might try one of those hairdos this week. Thanks for the inspiration!
Your girls are so lucky to have a mom with such nimble fingers!
Amazing. I could never do something that complicated. We do clips and ponytails at our house and that is as good as it gets. Wow!
I love these hair do’s. soooo pretty. I remember when I was little having to sit still once a week to get my hair in a bun for ballet. Your girls must be so very patient!
I hear ya.. and I only have 3 girls… all of them have hated having their hair done.. I love Hair today.. but I am completely amazed that she can do those hairstyles… my girls would NEVER sit for those – or they would say it hurts too much.. as they get older they are getting a bit better at styles other than pony tails or plaits
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing these sites! I just found your blog, which I’m so excited about – I’m very interested in homeschooling and I’ve also started using the flannel board stories you colored – thank you! And now I’m not going to have any excuse about not doing my daughter’s hair. I’ve just never had a clue how to do anything. But I showed her all the girls with “princess” hair on the blogs, and I think she just might let me try something!
those are so cute! I love them!
Fabulous! Now all I have to do is get some girls in this house to do those on! (I don’t think my boys would appreciate them as much! 🙂 )
I have had that same experience before! Thanks for the hair style sites. I could use some help. 🙂
This is so funny because my girls just yesterday said something similar when I combed their hair. My two year old said,
“Going church, mom?”
Sheesh! Thanks for the links…I need them! 🙂
wow. i hope that my one and only little girl lets me do this kind of stuff to her hair one day. i am very firm about putting it in pigtails most day because it is so adorable, but she doesn’t love the process.
those ponies were adorable. i loved the princess hairdo the most.
So CUTE!!
Oh to have girls…
Actually I have done some interesting things with my own hair, but it would be nice to be able to look at it while I’m doing it. I’ll have to check out those links.
I know you have no idea who I am, but I stumbled upon your blog and keep coming back because you are so inspiring! THanks, I tried a style on my daughter, and it turned out cute. I love the ideas.
I too am a lurker from time to time. I am also Sonja’s sis-in-law, so I got your link through her and I love it!
I homeschool too, but cheat a bit using the k12 program for three subjects. I also have a house full of girls (5) and one awesome little gentleman.
I’m so glad you did this post as I have seen more than one instance of homeschoolers that don’t bother with appearances. I feel it’s a shame.
Thanks for the links. Do you have your girls do each others hair?
Wow wow wow!! I’m struggling so much with my daughter. She screams bloody murder every time I try to brush her hair 🙁 🙁 I think I’ll end up chopping her gorgeous hair. 🙁