Sock Curls

The sock curl technique has been around for a long time in our family. My mom did this to my hair when I was a little girl.

Age 4 with sock in my hair

As soon as my girls were willing recipients, I started rolling their hair in socks. It's quick and easy to do and they can sleep with the socks in their hair with little discomfort. A friend of mine asked how we used the socks to curl the hair. So, we made a little video to show the process. Thought I'd share it here:

Here are a couple of photos of the girls from several years ago with their hair in socks and the curls after the socks are removed.

Lily (age 12) wearing the socks in a looser style

Shelly (age 8) sporting the tighter curls by using less hair for each curl

Recent curls on Shelly's hair 

Hairdo

After a night of sleeping with her hair rolled in socks, this is the final product! 

Lots and lots of curls. 

Bun with a Twist

Here's Shelly in her latest hair tutorial video...Enjoy!!!!

Curly Girlies

The girls have been on a hair curling stint using socks. We are loving the look and it's fun for a change. 

Lily resting with socks in her hair

Shelly's very curly hair after a night of socks

We started doing the sock curls awhile back.  My mom even curled my hair in socks as a little girl!

Hair & Horses

We straightened Lily's hair on Saturday and snapped a few photos of it. I also did a quick fishtail braid on Shelly's hair before we went to a birthday party at a horse farm. 

Straight Hair

Fishtail Braid

Shelly photo bombing Lily's picture

Happy on a Horse

Party room

John and Charlie Brown (the horse)

Animal Farm???

Do we look like a home for wayward animals??? So far, since Spring we have housed a plethora of ants, a scratchy little mouse, and a really odd squirrel. The squirrel might be the weirdest animal of all. First off...we have no trees where a squirrel might live, yet she is here all the time. She likes to perch on the windowsill of the large window above our front door. Then we saw her at our little plum tree eating the plums. And, now she has taken to hanging out on our front railing. This morning Shelly was eager to let me know that the squirrel (named Scratchy) was back and resting on the railing again. So for those who are interested, here she is on our front porch railing:

Next up in the world of entertainment here...I made a pitcher of iced tea the other day and decided to calculate the cost of a glass of homemade tea. Looks like I can make the pitcher for 50 cents and I am getting about 6 glasses of tea per container. So, the final cost is: 8.3 cents a glass!!!! No wonder you can always get free refills of iced tea from the $2.00 glass you ordered!

And next, a shot of Lily wearing her new Justice outfit she received from grandpa and grandma for her birthday-a-month gift. This is such a cute idea and the girls love it! Each month they receive a gift from my parents for their year round birthday gift. They are always so eager to see what they have received.

Finally, the girls wanted a new hairdo for the day. So, I took a cue from this site and put their hair into a High School Musical style. They both loved it:

07.20.07

So today we had a couple of weddings at our house. Lily and Shelly wore their fancy garb to attend their big wedding day. We played wedding music and they marched down the aisle. I officiated at today's sacred event. Between heaps of giggles and fun I pondered what they would look like on their actual wedding day...who they would marry...what they would become. And, of course, being known to cry at the drop of a hat, I shed a few tears...mainly of happiness. And, here's a link to all of the silliness...http://my.videoegg.com/video/eKtYqM

After the big event, we tore into the cool new hair beading kit that my friend, Denice, told me about. It was purchased for a dollar at the Dollar Tree and the girls loved it. Fortunately, I bought two kits. My first try with the beads caused me to pull too hard and I broke the wand. So, as a warning to all...use a small section of hair for beading. Once I realized this, all went well.

Since I have been all about hair lately, here is a photo of Shelly in the pigtails she selected from the AG doll hair book.

Happy Weekend! K :)