So, Lacy has been asking to have REALLY curly hair 'JUST like Shirley Temple'. I was thinking on a nice rainy day, we would tackle that big job. Well, I was crunched for time one morning, but really wanted to give Lacy some curls when she asked. This first photo is from doing spiral curls with a curling iron. She LOVED it, but wanted to try the styrofoam ones I had told her about a long time ago.
One weekend morning, we went for it. We grabbed the curlers, popped in Bright Eyes and started rolling! I don't even know where to start, the day was just packed with special memories!
First, I had given Lacy the nickname 'Curly Temple' and she insisted that I call her that for the entire day...EVEN if she was getting scolded! haha.
Once the rollers were in-she REFUSED to allow me to take them out! She kept dashing to the bathroom and smiling at her reflection of roller-head. Lacy tried to lay down on the couch with her roller-head while watching the movie and said that it was not comfortable. I got this brilliant idea-tell her about how 'little girls had to sleep that way and we should take out your rollers so you don't have to be uncomfortable sleeping with your rollers.' She LIGHTS up and asks oh, so excitedly, 'MOMMY! May I sleep with my rollers too?!' DOH! Backfire.
Then, she decides that she is NOT pretending anymore and she IS Shirley Temple, NOT Curly Temple, and I must refer to her as SHIRLEY. She was VERY serious about this!
FINALLY at 3:30, I convinced her to let me take out her rollers. Let me tell you that for 10 minutes, she literally kept going back and forth on her decision and I was walking on egg shells trying to convince her that she had made the right decision to take the rollers out! The minute she looked in the mirror, she BEAMED and immediately started jumping, loving how her hair bounced. I need to buy more rollers and do her entire head in small rollers next time, but mission accomplished. We both had a very fun and memorable day...next time we'll have better curls;)
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So sweet. I may have to head to the library this week and check out some Shirley Temple videos! Any suggestions on favorites?
Good question. Off the top of my head- Heidi, Little Princess, and Lacy likes Bright Eyes because there is another little girl in it that is not nice/does not have good manners, but Shirley IS nice and has good manners=everyone likes to be with shirley;) I think Lacy likes to act appalled at the other girls' behavior, haha! Lacy is really JUST getting to wear we can watch an entire movie...sometimes they are hard to hear/understand.
Just be warned that Bright Eyes-the mommy is hit by a car and dies!
Which one is the one where she dances on the staircase with that man?
So when does the hair actually grow? Right now, Joy's is so thin, delicate, & not very long at all that curls aren't an option.
Mandi is hoping Joy is an Anne of Green Gables fan. But somehow I don't think that'll come until much later.
Lacy cracks me up. I bet she's a ton of fun!!! Thanks for including us on the journey. And get some FAT curlers so she can get those sweet "Temple-like" rings.
By the way, the word verification for me to post this comment was "dingicog". That cracked me up for some reason.
Oh man I LOVED the Shirley Temple movies growing up as well! So funny that Lacy wanted you to call her Shirley- love her curls too! I wish we lived closer so we could have a Shirley movie day.
David: Lacy's hair grew a TON from 2yrs-3yrs! At almost 2, she still had some spots that were almost bald! I was JUST getting her hair in pig-tails. One, one of my ALL-TIME favorite Lacy photo is when I did them one morning and realized they looked 'normal', haha.
Staircase movie: with "Bojangles" is from "The Little Colonel"
When the day does come...not only will Lacy and I watch..but Eddy will also watch Anne spelled with an 'E'!...he's a fan as well:)
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