Hair Chronicles Part II

I do have other kids, and I do take pictures of them. But their hair pretty much looks the same every day, and I rarely "do" it for them. That includes Goose, because she has very strong opinions about how her hair should look and that is ALWAYS just down, straight, maybe with a little barrette. Very adventurous, that one.

Ayway, here is our first attempt at yarn braids. We started a week or so ago and I only braided the back. That took about 8 hours. We left the top/front in puffs at Tiana's request (and to preserve the remaining nerve endings in my hands). Yesterday we decided to finish the front. 6 more hours. There are 160+ braids! She has been waiting for school to be out so she could have pink hair. I doubt we could lose her in a crowd and I suspect that we could have her sit on the front steps at night and save some electricity by turning the porch light off. But this is the BEST hair she has EVER had!! At least she says so. We left some pieces shorter and longer on purpose and only put beads on the black braids. The colored braids are just tied at the ends. It has an a-line shape which is really cute. Next time I will probably go longer all over and use smaller parts in the back. I didn't really "get" the starting technique until the front braids, so we will probably have some repair work to do this week. But I LOVE this hair! And thank goodness it last a few weeks because both of us are worn out.