When James asked me if he could dye is hair red, I was momentarily stumped. Tim and I have a strict "we don't care what you do with your hair" policy but I honestly hadn't considered it kicking in so soon and I had serious reservations about actually dying my 6 year old's hair.
Then I remembered the Kool-Aid trick and it was decided. So I let James and Gillian both pick out a color (James red, Gillian pink; although in actuality, they both got red, don't tell Gigi) and I read up on it and went to work.
I instantly realized that I had forgotten to wear gloves...oops. But that was not the worst of it.
Apparently, Kool-Aid is not kind to open wounds. I had several scratches on my hands (from the squash and cucumber plants) and it really stung like the dickens. James had just had his hair cut, and so I think he had a lot of little scratches on his head and Gillian, well, she just doesn't have that healthy of a scalp period.
I instantly put them both in the bath and was met with an astonishing amount of gore.
You are suppose to leave it in all night (wrapped in saran wrap to prevent drippage) but even with just the small amount of exposure their hair had a pinkish tint (especially Gillian's since her ends are a lot lighter) for almost a month. It was kind of fun. I am sad it didn't work out better.
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Hilarious! I hope the kids realize what an awesome mom they have!
You are such a fun mom... I don't even compare! I never in a million years would have the guts to do that to my kids hair! But, oh how they would love it!
That is SO funny. :) See, that is why you always go to a salon to get your hair colored. (I'm not insulting your color technician skills Buf, I'm just saying- no one wants to clean up that pink ring in the tub.) I'm going to point Ryan to this post when I next go in to get my hair red. (Which will be sooner than later.)
That is hilarious! I hope they didn't try to drink the bath water. :D I probably just said that only because I have a two year old and a one year old that would.
Buffy do you want to dye our hair next time together? =)
You are such a nice mom, because that looks like a lot of work. I like the idea of just not caring what your kids do with their hair. Especially since I grew up with so much hair style oppression.
I just happened to look at this post again and that picture of James yelling is just so funny and sad at the same time. What a great shot & story. :) This made me laugh all over again.
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