The Goose

For a while I've been wondering how to sort out Luci's hair problems--that it's ratty and that she never wants me to brush it and complains as if I'm ripping her hair out by individual strands. Well, on our trip to the U.S. I overheard my sis-in-law Sarah say that she tries to sit her daughter down everyday in her chair and do her hair while Addie, her daughter, looks at a book. I decided, hmmm......, I'll try this. Luckily we have a perfect pink camping chair that folds up under our couch which can be conveniently pulled out each day. We also, after our trip to the States, have a big container of bows and hair ditties that she can get into and choose from. She delights in this whole ritual as do I. The new behavior (as in not screaming) is so endearing. However, she tends to be over the top with her style. She dons loads of necklaces and bangles quite often and then wants to wear about 5 bows that don't really coordinate and a couple hair elastics. So I usually try to talk her into reducing it to about 2 bows and 2 hair elastics.

This goes even further. We were in our favorite supermarket a month ago when Lu asked me if sometime I could paint her eyelids. (I don't hardly wear make-up and so I wondered where it was coming from but she had noticed the cashier's blue shadow.) In J's school yard, I saw her commenting, to some lady, that her shoes were very pretty--They happen to be extremely spiky black patent leather heels on a woman in a micro mini with long legs. Then we were walking by a sketchy (read ladies of the night) type shop that had lacy items and really short tu-tus on the mannequins in the window. She said what she commonly says "Mommy can you get me one of those pretty things sometime?" Sometimes this girl wants to be under the tutelage of Tammy Faye I think. I often think of getting my ears pierced (cuz they are still not and sometimes I feel I need some sparkle especially as I age) and I think of how fun it would be because Luci would be so enamored with the bling in my ears. I just really don't want her to want to get her ears pierced right now.

Still Luci is developing quite cutely I think. Her teachers have definitely noticed that her hair is done more often and the head teacher commented that Luci was looking quite grown up lately. And, if I do say so myself, she is so cute as she cruises along on her pink scooter in her dresses (which are everyday attire, I really can't get her to wear pants) and her ribboned hair. She still does not have much of it but it is getting longer and we make the most of it. I really love getting her dressed everyday (i guess I am enjoying having a girl) and I keep thinking it is good that she is not wearing a uniform at this stage or her freedom of expression would be suppressed.

This reminds me to get my camera fixed soon so I can post some pictures.