History Repeating Itself

Dane has been obsessed with Leprechauns since St Patrick's Day. At preschool they went on a treasure hunt to find one all around the gym. I found this note in the window this morning. Apparently, Kathryn helped him write this and he put it in the window so that the sneaky Leprechaun would know he's being tracked. I thought it was so funny. I love the letters he messed up on and how he put a big X on each one. It says.....

From: Dane To: Lepercan
I went on a treasr haut and (many X's) tried to find you.
(The red and black drawing on his note is preschool kids hunting around the trampoline to find the sneaky Leorechaun)

We've been growing out Kathryn's bangs since November and they've reached a really annoying stage. They aren't long enough to tuck behind her ears and yet long enough now to be in her face without the standard side ponytail. Since I still can't do laundry (Milo is gone until the afternoon and is fixing it then), I thought what the heck, I'll give her a perm. I laughed too because I pretty much swore I would never perm my daughter's hair.

I called my mom and told her to talk me out of it or I was going to do it. She half way tried but by that point I was pretty set. My thought process was to perm it, cut it shorter so the bangs are close to matching her length and not nearly annoying as they catch up to the rest of her hair. She has really nice hair and I love it straight so this is not going to be something I do every 6 months.

She was, and this is no surprise, so good during the whole ordeal. She never complained once. Never told me it was burning her head until after everything was taken out and she sat still the whole time. I remember bawling (!) every single time my mom would give me a perm. I hated them and why she pushed on and gave me 3 or more a year, I will never know! So really the perm is the only repeating history because thankfully she didn't act like me!

I think she looks adorable! Who knows how long it will last (kid's hair sometimes doesn't hold curl very long) but I don't care, I'm pretty sure it will help her long, in her face bangs to not annoy me as they grow. I've caught her looking in the mirror quite a few times, she says she really likes it too.