Catching up after being MIA

Well it seems like it's been forever since I posted . . . going back to work after #3 has been busy, busy, busy and, well, I guess we've been in rather a rut.  My littest - Bean, has just grown her hair long enough for pigtails - a move up from the waterspout! 

 My middle princess, rarely wants me to tug at her hair any longer.  Once and a while I make her sit still and do something - usually it's just a set of messy buns.  I love the ones in this picture because they were really coming out of the buns in such a cute way!  We put some cute alligator clips in and a bobby pin or two and let it go how it wanted.

  Now Little Bird - now called Sport is heading toward her teens at lightening speed and is becoming much more interested in her beauty routine!  She's practicing doing some of her own do's, but lets me play as well. 

 We've gotten pretty good at the front frech braid headband and try new modifications all the time.  This one was inspired by a tutorial I saw on pinterest. http://pinterest.com/pin/201958364509898007/

I tried this three bun do on me, and although my hair is as long as I think it's ever been, it's much thinner than pre-kids and doesn't look anything like this!  I didn't get pictures and I won't try it again unless I add a hairpiece.

This picture doesn't actually show how long my hair is - but I like it.  My hair is highlighted and the texture has changed so that I can actually wear it down and it says out of my face now - I don't know if it's the highlighting or the gray hair. . . either way - it's a nice bonus!

Well hopefully I'll be back to post soon.  I'd like to try some styles I've discovered on pinterest and show off some of my new hairpieces - I even made one myself!

See you soon!

New Years Eve Do's

Little Bird's 4 knots and ponies - with curls to boot!
Little Bird asked me why I copy other peoples styles from their websites. . . well, I guess because they are so darn cute! I did use another site as an inspiration, I just discovered Piggies 'N Ponies and did a variation of her 3 knots and a pony.

I started with wet hair that I parted on a diagonal into four sections. Then in each of the sections, I divided it into two, made a knot on the front and then pulled that into a ponytail in the second section.

After it dried - I let it mostly air dry and then blow dried the last little bit, Little Bird actually let me curl her hair! She has VERY thick hair and I'm finding it hard to curl her hair with the flat iron, however, my new spiral curling iron worked great. I curled most of her hair under and spiral curled the top layer and the four pony tails.

The finished look was charming AND it stayed out of her face all night. We'll see what it looks like in the morning.

The Princess - our version of the "Curvy-Swirvy New Year's Updo"

I love that name! It was my first try and it turned out pretty good, not quite as awsome as THE MOM over at Babes in Hairland, but not bad for my first try. It'll be much better next time;-) Many thanks to my Hair Hero: The Mom at Babes in Hairland! She posted this style yesterday (you can see it here) and my princess loved it. My little one told me it goes really well with her fancy dress. I think she looks very grown up. This would really be a terrific flower girl do! At least the way THE MOM does it, like I said, my next time will be better.