Girl hair

I don't know why I have been avoiding doing Amelia's hair for so long. Her hair had gotten to the point that it was in her eyes and always looking orphan-ish (if that isn't a word, it is now! the definition? Orphan-ish: adj; meaning a child who has a mother but looks as if he or she doesn't. This child may be characterized by dirty faces, crusty noses, dirty and unkempt clothing and hair gone wild.) Of course my children often look orphan-ish! But then the fateful day arrived that I took myself down to shopko and bought some miniature hair accessories. As we can assume, little wispy hairs do not stay contained in big girls hair ties. Well, I went for the mini rubber bands and some mini clippy things figuring those I could probably figure out. Well, I attempted and failed! The clippies I figured out that they looked adorable but she figured out even faster how to get them out of her hair! Then I had nothing but a head full of choking hazards!!! I sent out an SOS on facebook to my experienced friends that had girls. I got some great advice and tried again. So we went to rubber bands. I was pretty proud of my first single ponytail attempt. Not so bad but then the next day proved to another hair challenge. As we attempted the double ponytail... or is that called a pig tails at that point? Anyway I couldn't get them even or straight. The one thing I learned fast is that do-overs almost always end up being worse than the first attempt. Boy I am glad that I only have one girl! But as time has passed, I am doing better but I still get a little too particular about the pigtails. Time Tiffany, with time you will get this!