Not a Hair Blog, but....

This is not a hair blog, but... I just had to share this hair style which Hope has been rocking for the last week. They are Bantu knots, and Hope loves (I mean LOVES) them! Quite a few people have been informed that these are, in fact, Bantu knots... what I mean is that every person who has complimented Hope on her hair has heard her reply, "Bantu knots, bantu knots, my mommy made it!"

As I said, this is not a hair blog, nor do I have any plans to start one. Hope's hair care, however, is a big part of our lives. Properly caring for Hope's natural African hair is just one of the ways I show her my love for her, and I truly consider it a blessing to do this for her. The time we spend on hair care is time I consider very well spent, as it is, after all, time spent together.

My Daughter, the Aspiring Fairy

My daughter seems to have aspirations which now include having magical fairy powers. Specifically, Hope seems to want to be like Abby. For those of you without preschoolers, Abby is a cute little character on "Sesame Street," and Abby is a Fairy-in-Training. Ever since Hope saw Abby in the movie, "Abby in Wonderland," she has been trying out her own magical fairy powers. She goes around carrying her little plastic wand (yes, it looks just like Abby's) and saying "Poof!" Um, unfortunately for Hope, this is not working. In fact, those were her exact words: "Mommy, not working!" I'm not all together sure about what it is that Hope is trying to poof, but she does keep on trying... so I am hearing "Poof!" a lot these last few days. This morning, though, she was clear about what she was trying to poof. In the van after dropping Geoffrey off at school, Hope did her little "Poof," followed by, "I can't do it... it not working!" So I asked Hope, "What are you trying to poof?" She sweetly said, "Daddy... it not working!" See, Daddy was at work, and Miss Hope felt that if she poofed him, he would magically appear. Since she couldn't get Daddy that way, she did try poofing Geoffrey as well, which, I'm sure you can guess was "not working" either. Poor, sweet little Hope!