The top picture was taken the end of last December when we were up doing Christmas at my mom's. Lissa's hair was braided and although I had gathered the top few braids together with a ballie that she liked, you can see that the braid length was just above her shoulders.
The bottom pic was taken after K spent 6 hours doing her hair today! Yup, 6 hours. Our wee miss's hair is much longer and thicker nearly a year later. It is healthy and shiny and I love to feel it as I work with it. BUT, I am not good at parting. Part of this is likely that i am just less adept. Part of it is that I have a hard time making Lissa sit for any length of time. K somehow accomplishes that. (for the record there were breaks through out the day of hair, it wasn't 6 hours straight). Also, I tend to have to do her hair at night (usually Saturday nights) and even if I give her an early bath, it is not a prime time to try to do anything with a 3 year old. So I have of late stuck with a lot of twists, bantu knots, partial twists with free hair pulled into a pony tail etc. This style should last us, the goddess willing, through the holidays. And it is parted so well that I can pull it into two side pig tails for gymnastics. It looks festive and I was so amazed at the proof of how much her hair has grown. It can be hard to really notice how much black hair grows. There is a lot of shrinkage when the hair dries and/or is loose. But when it is braided and/or beaded, the length is very noticable.
Fiona is in the hospital and I need to write about that, but my heart is still coming to terms with that.
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