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Monday, June 29, 2009

Where does creative control begin for a young girl?

As I mentioned in a previous post, Shelby my 6yo daughter) got her hair cut last week. It is a really cute cut on her and she really likes it and so do we. It was mentioned by Travis in a comment, "But the one thing I don't understand is why parents of small girls won't let them cut it as short as they want. It's only hair and it grows."

Linda also had this to say, "As a mom with two daughters, I kind of have to agree with Travis on this one - especially considering that with both of my girls their hair always grew out really fast. There are so many cute haircuts out there that are short and very easy to take care of but I would be willing to bet that Dad likes Shelby's hair a little long, right? Most dads do!"

This got me to thinking back to when I was a girl and wanted my hair cut and my step-dad wouldn't allow it. He had the old school mentality that little girls should have long hair. He always told us that when we were grown we could do as we please with our hair but as long as we "lived under his roof" we would have long hair. While Brien said that he didn't want Shelby's hair any shorter than shoulder length, I think that he could probably be swayed pretty easily otherwise.

I have always been pretty lenient with Shelby on her hair. She has never really wanted it "short" until last week after my Dad took my little sister while he had her (unbeknownst to her mother) and had her hair all cut off. While the style looks really cute on her, I knew that it wouldn't fit Shelby's hair texture so I wanted her to just cut it to her shoulders and told her that we'd talk about getting it cut shorter if she chose to do so. Her hair is very thick and coarse, so the short, stacked style would be a bouffant on her.

When we got home and she washed it and we styled it she totally fell in love with her new hair cut. She actually has quite a bit of body and wave to her hair and with it's current length she can get a little bit of "curl" to it with some styling product. She decided that for now she didn't want it to be any shorter.

So, this leaves me to ponder the fact. How do you feel about cutting a girl's hair, namely your daughter's hair. Do you, did you, or will you give your children creative control over their hair styles, color, and cut? At what age do you think this is appropriate? It's not that I didn't allow Shelby to not get her hair cut short. I just postponed the inevidable. I am still up in the air on how I feel about this one since I was once a little girl who wanted her hair short and was not allowed. I am looking forward to hearing your comments on this subject.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

New Comment Forum

I've recently installed a new comment platform on my blog. Please leave me any feedback you may have on the ease of commenting, otherwise. Your comments with feedback are greatly appreciated.

Update 8:31pm: Apparently the new comment forum is not working on IE, I am working on it. If you can't get my site to load you might try Firefox. (It's better anyway!)

10:45am 5-21-09: I have uninstalled this program and apparently all of the comments left while I was using it are now gone.

Monday, October 20, 2008

A Good One!

I loved this so much that I had to bring it out of "comment" status into a post so you all could read it. This is by far one of the greatest sayings that I've read about being a sibling...and SO true! Thanks, Katherine for your input.

katherine. has left a new comment on your post "Big Brother Blues":

I came from a family like yours...girl/boy/girl...and I was the oldest.

when my little sister was about six, she was asked how she like being "the baby of the family" she replied...

"my sister cuts out the road...
my brother paves it....
and I just go skipping along."

at 42 years old...she is STILL spoiled rotten....smile

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Contest Winners

It has come time to choose the winners for my Road Trip Contest. I can assure you that I used the highest quality service to ensure the integrity of this contest! The agency of Tyler & Shelby were fabulous and did a great job for me. We started out by putting all of the names on a piece of paper, cutting them up and putting them in some "fine china" to be drawn out one at a time.

The three winners were then completely and randomly selected. They were as follows:

Roger
who had this to say: "I was once kicked out of Canada and had to hitch hike back to Idaho lol, but that story would take days to tell. Congrats to whoever wins!!"

Dena

who had this to say: "I was about 20 years old and my cousin and I decided that we wanted to go to New Smyrna Beach for a week's vacation. I lived in Indiana at the time and we decided to tell my mom that we were going with a group of girls and we were all riding down together. My mom was pretty strict so we knew if we told her the truth we wouldn't be able to go. Once she agreed to let us go with the group of girls, we figured it was ok if we went so Tina and I headed off in my little Toyota Paseo and had a blast in New Smyrna Beach. To this day, my mom still has no idea. I know I'm a horrible example for kids. It's not like we were partying or anything, we just wanted to go to lay out at the beach."

Sandy
who had this to say: "My road trip was in 1997 and it was a life changing experience. My 1st hubs of 25 years had left me for a younger woman and we had gotten divorced. I lived in the south, the kids were grown, and I was alone for the first time in a long time. I packed up the car one morning, and took off on a three day journey to my mom's in CA.

Driving over 2,000 miles alone makes you do a lot of thinking, and by the time I got there, I knew what I wanted to do. I flew back home two weeks later and moved to CA. Best thing I ever did. I learned who I was on that road trip. Everone should take at least one road trip alone in their life."

Thank you to everyone who participated. The winners have been notified and their DVDs are on the way. Roger did promise to post a description of his hitch hiking story when he receives his DVD, so we'll all be looking forward to that one! :)

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Valentine's Treats & Contest

My kids love Fruit Rollups. Actually truth be known, I like them pretty well myself. The newest craze are the ones with the prints on them that you press on your tongue and it makes a temporary tattoo of sorts on your tongue. My kids have loads of fun playing with those! Just in time for Valentine's Day, the creative minds at My Fruit Rollups have created an amazingly fun website where you can actually design your own fruit roll ups! You can add pictures & messages, place your order and the product is delivered right to your front door. If you have young children like myself who will enjoying Valentine's Day parties at their school, imagine their excitement when they learn that they can take personalized candy to school to hand out to their friends! My oldest daughter helped me design our very own "Family Fruit Rollups" with the kids name right on there! How cool is that?! Now, we're anxiously awaiting their arrival for the big party. Here's where this post gets fun. My new friends over at Mom Central have partnered with My Fruit Rollups to offer my readers a chance at their own personalized Fruit Rollups! Yes, you read that right. I'm offering three lucky readers the opportunity to get a personalized box just for themselves. All you have to do is leave a comment to this post about the sweetest or most creative Valentines you've ever given or received. Three lucky readers will get their chance at creativity! The deadline for this contest will be Thursday, January 31. Winners will be announced Friday morning in order for them to be able to order their product in time for Valentine's Day! Good luck to everyone! I look forward to your comments. So, I look forward to hearing from you!