Pauline fixing my hair during Graceann's game.
Gemma trying to style her dad's hair...not much to do.
do you like my new "doo"?
As I look closer at my hair...I'm really liking my color...Natural Instincts Egyptian Plum
cute hairstyle!
Do you know that hair is the fastest growing tissue in the human body? It grows 0.3 to 0.5 millimeters each day. Well I’m sure my husband Robert would disagree…but that’ll be another post—I’m quite partial to men who are balding or losing their hair. On another note do you know that a hair strand’s life span is five and a half years? Hair is quite amazing—a single strand can tell you if you smoke, drink or what your ethnic origin is. The one thing it cannot tell is whether you or male or female. The average person has approximately 150,000 hairs on his or her head. (Sorry Robert…you’re not average—but better than average in my opinion). Also listen to this…a single strand can support 100 grams in weight. That means a whole head of hair (in theory) could support the weight of two elephants. What might you do with these facts? Save it for when you appear on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and win some money (but remember your sources…and donations are welcomed). Seriously, I saw a statistic that said we spend approximately 42 billion dollars a year on our hair and hair products. As the mother of 5 girls I am proud to say I am doing my share to keep the economy going. The amount of hairbrushes alone that I buy is a staggering statistic. I don’t buy new ones because they break or are worn…I buy them because the girls take the brushes and I simply can’t find them. Well “can’t” isn’t the word I’m really looking for...I actually should say I don’t usually find them for weeks until I venture to the basement and dig into the bottom of the Barbie doll bin. That’s where I find MY and their hair brushes filled with perfect blond strands of hair. I think secretly everyone loves experimenting and playing with hair—it might only be a girl thing…but give any one of my daughter’s a hair brush and a clip…and we’re talking hours of fun. Throw in an infomercial product like bump-its or the revostyler or the braid master and we’re talking DAYS if not WEEKS of enjoyment. Sometimes I raise the stakes by telling one of my younger daughters that mommy wants a new “doo”. I give them a brush and clips…and I come out looking like I’ve never been seen before (or should be seen). The upside to all of this is lack of the kids making a mess, lack of being bored and lack of fighting (except when it comes to turns to style mommy’s hair)…that’s when you pull out 2 or 3 brushes and give each daughter a “section of hair”. It’s gotten to the point now that my younger daughters pack hair brushes where ever they go—this includes their older sister’s softball games. So right there in the stands an instant beauty parlor is born. “Yeah Grace you got a hit….just like my new hairstyle!”
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