Have you ever felt like you woke
up one morning and while you were sleeping time was on fast-forward? I've felt
like that for the past couple months. My daughter will be starting high school
this fall, and I'm not sure when she grew up. One day she was a little blonde
ball of energy playing with her baby dolls, pacifier in her mouth, posing for the
camera, and the next she's wearing the same size shoe as I do (which isn't
really a bad thing), watching anime on the computer, and wearing a bra??
We are both
excited about school this year. She is because she FINALLY doesn't have to wear
uniforms to school. I am because she will be going to a local high school with
a fine arts program. She's excited about that too. When we were looking for a
high school that was one of her criteria. There are two in our area, neither in
the school district we lived in. When we finally settled on Manitou Springs
High I was thrilled. I love living in Colorado Springs, but we spent most
weekends in or around Manitou. They have lots of activities, especially on
holidays. Every year they have parades for Mardi Gras, Halloween (the Emma
Crawford Coffin Races, there will be a separate blog on this eventually), a
Victorian Easter Egg Hunt at Miramount Castle, concerts on the lawn at the
library, really there are far too many to mention here. I think the most
important thing that drew us here is the artistry. There are so many local
artists here, and almost every shop in town showcases at least one, if not
more, of their work. We come from an artistic family, and even though I'm not
particularly good at it? She is very artistic. She loves to write, she loves to
make up stories. She has a running dialog with her best friend. They have been writing
it for a while, and sometimes that's all they do all weekend. She also has a
really good eye for color, and fashion. She's not a girly girl like she was
when she was little, but she loves clothes. She used to design clothes when she
was younger, now she is into cosplay. (That's a trend in Japan where people
dress up like characters from anime, books, or cartoons.)
She goes to Texas and
Oklahoma every summer to spend time with family, and this year while she has
been away, I've been saving pictures of hairstyles for her to look at for
school. She colors her hair before she leaves in the summer, and this year it
was purple and pink. She always had to make sure it was gone before school
started in the fall, because the school dress code. This year she can have any
hair color and style she wants. We have an awesome hair stylist, and he will be
able to do anything she wants done. She is coming home in three weeks, and I have tons of pictures for her to look through. So I thought I would share them on here, and she if anyone had opinions. So here are some of the options I think she should consider.
Of course some of these are a little out there, but she's still a teenager and will want to have her own style. I'm all for that actually, when it comes to her hair. Teenage girls all go through periods of self expression through their clothes, hair, make-up, and jewelry. And since I'm going to be in control of EVERYTHING she wears out of this house, I'm willing to give in on her hair styles.
Ya gotta start somewhere............
No comments:
Post a Comment