Yesterday was "crazy hair day" for Sir O's preschool. I got all ambitious and made my little sister send out a facebook message to round up some temporary hair dye. I thought crazy hair day would be fun.
Only I forgot to run it by Sir O. Once I did mention the idea to him (the night before) he freaked out at the idea of color in his hair. He's a little particular.... as I gather many 4-year-olds are.
So I had two choices: forget about crazy hair day, or be sneaky.
I figured since we'd already gone to the trouble of borrowing colored hair spray, I would go the sneaky route. So after I blow-dried Sir O's hair into a stand-up-ishness that closely resembled the bed head he had before I wet his hair down (sigh), then I placed my hand over his eyes and pretended to spray regular hair-spray on his hair, while I was in fact turning it orange. I then switched off the bathroom lights before Sir O had a chance to get a good look at himself in the mirror. He was happily oblivious, and I felt smug.
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Luckily nobody at preschool pointed out to Sir O that his hair was orange. They just said things like "I like your hair," and he remained happy as a clam, thinking they meant his "tall" hair. Once he got home and got a look at himself he freaked. He wanted his hair washed immediately. We complied, and I laughed.
Since yesterday was supposed to be Mr Renn's travel day coming back from the Navajo Reservation, he had the whole day off. I decided it would be a good day to use the livingsocial voucher I'd gotten for the Discovery Gateway children's museum. It was a weekday and a non-holiday so it wasn't crazy busy, and I think Mr Renn enjoyed it as much as the kids, plus he was the extra set of hands I needed to survive. It was a good idea, and now Sir O is asking to go back about every 3 minutes.
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Based on how much Mr Renn enjoyed himself, I expect we will go back. Soon.
1 comment:
Hilarious! I'm still laughing.
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