Crazy Hair Day

 Rainbow Mohawk with clouds

 Alligator

Butterfly

YW 80's night

For girls camp this year the theme is, "Now is the time to come unto Christ".  Every ward was given a time period.  We were assigned the 80' and I couldn't have been more excited.  I'm totally an 80's child.  :)

We decided that we would have a camp kick off activity for the girls and their moms to introduce the theme, our decade and what was in store for girls camp this year.  I was determined to go all out and look just like I did in high school.  I scored at Kmart that day buying myself a large tee shirt that I could roll the sleeves, jelly bracelets, bright socks to scrunch down, big pink earrings, flats that I would have worn, a huge belt to finish it off and of course aerosol hairspray.  Next thing.....high school hair complete with "wings".

I ran upstairs all giddy telling the kids that I would be down in "awhile".  I curled every ounce of hair, teased, sprayed, pulled out the hairdryer, got my outfit on and walked down the stairs like my prom date was waiting for me.  It was so much fun.

I had J take pictures of me and he kept saying, "Whoa, you look just like your pictures!"  Couldn't have made me happier.  So, I went to young womens and had the time of my life showing the girls what small town Utah hair looked like in the 80's.

Captain America and Celia

You can imagine the horror when I found out the kids had lice last week.  But what made it even worse was when I buzzed little g's head knowing Crazy Hair Day was in just eight days.  I mean, I have a reputation to keep up.

little g didn't even want his hair done.  He must have remembered the pain and agony of other years as we try to get all the hair glue and paint out afterwards.  It's all fun and games until school is over.  haha  The boys were in disbelief that one of them would shun the thought of not going all out on Crazy Hair Day.

little g conceded when I thought of doing a Captain America shield on his buzzed head.  He ended up thinking it was awesome.

Then there was B.  My first girl for Crazy Hair Day.  Wow, that's where the reputation fell off a cliff.  I've never done more than two braids in a head before.  Try doing several braids, running wires through them and then painting them.  I had so clearly NOT estimated the time I would need on her hair.  I was going to mold those little purple snakes and put googly eyes on each one of them.  Instead, I slapped a paintbrush through her hair in a few seconds after spending two hours braiding it and we raced to the school.  I wasn't quite sure all of that effort was worth two and a half hours of kindergarten.

After picking up the kids today, they both exclaimed that they had the coolest hair in their classes/school.  So, I have to remind myself that it's to make the kids mom happy, not to keep up a reputation.  Another year done.  And mental note to self--never, I mean never do Celia braids again.  Ugly!  (Celia from Monsters Inc.)

Crazy hair day

J has a thing for Jimmer Fredette and BYU.  We call him J----- Fredette.  I threw out the idea of a basketball hoop, basketball and the BYU logo for his hairdo this year.  He was all over it and now thinks it's great.  What do I think?  I think I gave it my best shot.  hehe

little g was talked into a snake slithering down his head.  He looked in the mirror and said, "That is cool!"  Makes me happy.  Another year of Crazy Hair Day chalked up to a success around here.  

It's getting crazy around here

It's crazy to think that my parents will be home in less than three weeks!

It's awesome crazy to think that my brother got engaged yesterday. Woot. Woot. Hooray for another sister.

And...possibly my kids' favorite day out of the entire school year. Crazy hair day. They tell me how many dumb hairdos they see on crazy hair day. They laugh at the people that think crazy is just spiking their hair up, wearing a ponytail backwards, or just spraying their hair a color. We go ALL out! It takes two hours in the morning cutting, shaving, parting, glueing, painting, tons of shampoo at night and perhaps a lot of tears to get all that craft paint and got 2be glue hair glue out Then, in the morning we'll buzz the rest of the hair off.. But, it's a small price to pay when I drop the boys off at the school and see everyone's reactions.

It's funny to think that it gives them such a feeling of confidence. They strut like they're beautiful peacocks. It makes them happy. And that...makes me happy.

So, this year we have...

Tiger's Blood

Ring of Fire

Umpa Lumpa (Not really, but with the colors he picked out, he looks like one.)

Crazy hair day

Today is one of my boys' favorite days of the year. It's crazy hair day at the elementary school. I agree to let them grow their hair out a little so that we can do some fun things for this special occasion. Here's how WE do crazy hair day.

The boys tell me what they want, what colors they want, and we get to work. We buzz, clip, glue, blow dry, paint, and then super glue accessories into the hair. Yes, we superglue them in. The hair is buzzed off tomorrow, so we might as well make sure they stay through school, recess, and five hours of scout day camp tonight.

J wanted five faux hawks with different colors.





G wanted a Lego surfer guy in a wave. His hair wasn't quite long enough so we glued some of his own hair in as extensions. He thinks it's great!