crazy hair day!

in celebration of red ribbon week, each day at ken's school has had a different theme. wednesday was "crazy hair day". i found these really cool feather hair clips for halloween at hobby lobby awhile ago and showed them to ken. she said, "mom, those are crazy. i'm not wearing them until crazy hair day!" i thought, "perfect."

well, the morning arrived and we fixed her hair and she said "i'm not wearing them. they look dumb." okay . . . she's five, not 13. how are we having these issues already?

anyway, i tried to convince her that she looked cute and spouted off my usual things . . . "do you think i would make you look dumb?", "i promise people will think you look cute!", "i bet the principal will even notice how cute you look!" . . . blah, blah, blah. i made her pose for a picture on the way out the door . . . she left for school in "a mood.

well, picking her up was another story. she was beaming! "mom, i won a coloring book and a pencil and a ribbon and crayons for the best crazy hair girl in kindergarten. my teacher took my picture with the other crazy hair kids . . . ms. foss even liked my hair. it was cool."

i smiled and tried not to say it, but i made repeat to me, "mom, you were right!" :)