And So It Begins...

You all remember Ava--sweet little girl with the head of yellow curls? Last week she asked to have her hair braided in little braids all over her head. Looked strange, but she loved it. We took the braids out a couple days later and she slept on it and the next morning she had...straight hair! Of course she loved it and has been asking for straight hair since. So this morning I blew her hair out and she wanted her picture taken for the blog. This is the pose she chose:

Every woman reading this will recognize that "need" to have her hair be something other than what it was. I personally have spent my entire life hating my hair and would change it before changing any other aspect of my appearance. But I started in junior high...Ava's only 4! Maybe she's just enamoured with the idea that she can have her hair do different things. Her hair is much longer now, which she also likes, so the curls are not as bouncy as they used to be. And, because of the time spent outside, she wears the ubiquitous ponytail every day to avoid tangles so we are seeing less of them anyway.

By the way, we think the Cameron and Noah clean up nicely, too! Cameron is also undergoing a hair revolution and I'm fighting the urge to take charge and cut the front. He's decided to try growing it out quite a bit longer. I frequently chant to myself, "pick your battles, pick your battles," knowing that adolescence is coming!