I'll never forget the first time I saw Mocha Girl One (HmG) . She was an emergency c-section, and had to spend several days in NICU. She was born four days past her estimated due date and looked huge in her incubator. I imagined her to be especially delicate and feminine. I couldn't wait to frill her up, and more importantly to do her hair ! The only reason she wasn't sporting a barrette the day we took her home from the hospital, was because the one I brought to match her lacey outfit, slid right out. Mocha Girl One's baby hair was silky straight and fine. As the weeks rolled by, it became wavier until she had a lovely curly fro. I washed it all the time . I brushed it several times a day . I tried snap clips, and moved to velcro barrets when the clips slid out. I bought a different head band for every outfit. Meanwhile her curls continued to wind tighter and tighter. I kept everything in a pretty box, dubbed the hair bin . I was really frustrated at not b
Growing in treasuring my girls, and sharing what I am learning along the way.
I confess i have about 3 of those bead keeper set ups like you showed in your video. I can't wait to see your next post on putting beads in higher up. But mostly I have had to put my bead designs on hold because my diva princess has taken up gymnastics. So I don't want to have her hurt her head w/ beads when she is flipping all over the place! Totally *love* your blog
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of beads Lee! Always a pleasure to meet another bead enthusiast. Of all the things I've easily thrown away once I discovered they could be detrimental to our hair--beads were impossible. I'm so glad to have discovered a more gentle way for my girls to wear them.
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