Grateful Sunday- Hairstyling

One thing that I am really grateful for and costs me next to nothing is playing with my daughters hair. Before she was born a friend gave me the best piece of advice when having a girl "play with her head all the time; brush it, comb it, touch it" she said it would help with styling later on and boy was she right. Right around nine months E had enough hair to put in little pony tails and even though they were more like skinny sticks I thought she was adorable. By the time she was two years it was no big deal for her to have her whole head neatly lined with ponytail cornrows or a few little buns. 
Whenever people would compliment her hair it was always followed by "how do you get her to sit still?" Hurray for cartoons; they helped a lot when she was little but thankfully know at age nine she likes to stand in front a mirror and watch. 

Styling hair may seem like a silly or vain thing to be grateful for but I would rather have my daughter send hours playing with her hair then stressing about her body, the clothes she wears or the things her friends have. Her hair doesn't define her but it is part of her personality. When she was four and saw me dying my hair she asked if hair dye came in black I told her yes so she asked if she could dye her hair black like Violet Incredible. I told her when she was fourteen she could whatever she wanted with her hair so she decided that she wanted it black with pink stripes. Really with all the problems in this world if my teenager's worse behavior is changing her hair color every week or even shaving it all off I will proudly count myself blessed.

YouTube has provided me with lots of help. BabesinHairland, alreadyaprincess, CuteGirlsHairstyles, Princesshairstyles are my favorites for hair tutorials. Last summer I tried to do a different style everyday which I  did for a month but it got hard even with all their ideas, I admire these women and all the time they put in their tutorials. Have fun this summer and play around you never know you may have a hidden talent for styling and the time spent with your daughter is worth every second.