When I first dreamed of motherhood, many years ago,
I dreamed of pigtails and curls,
Never really dreaming of what all
else came with these girls.
Bath nights are very fun indeed
with rats and tangles galore.
Brushing out each wet head
with cries and shouts of "No more!"
Each Sunday morning much, much time
is spent on all long tresses;
so much so that this chore takes much longer
than getting into dresses.
Speeches proceed from our mouths
that we never thought we'd make:
"Look, your hair is in your food!" or
"Get your hair out of your plate!"
Even daily chores see the impact
of long and curly locks:
wads of hair pulled off the broom,
caught in all the towels and socks.
Perhaps to no other thing
could the girls' hair be meaner
than to the brush that needs cleaning out
EVERY WEEK in the vacuum cleaner.
So when you think of bows and ribbons,
lace, beads, and pearls,
remember what really goes on
in the house-full-of-girls!
3 comments:
Oh yes! I can not stand the sight of hair in a child's face, so mine almost always have theirs put up in *at least* a barrette.
The scrunci brand bun makers are wonderful and beautiful and quick if the hair is long enough! Try them out. :)
Fun, fun! I didn't realize that Kora's hair isn't even blond anymore! Man, they change so fast.
Yes, well, their hair was wet when I took that picture, so it looks darker than it really is. She isn't really blond anymore, but is a "dirty blond", or light brown.
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