Little Miss and the Sweet and Sassy Salon

Little Miss accomplished a huge milestone today.

She got her hair cut.

I mean my girl can definitely rock the Little Cute Ragamuffin look but we really needed some help with this hair.

She is supposed to be the flower girl in my sister's wedding this week, so that called for a hair intervention.

I, the responsible intervention leading parent, packed up said kiddo and headed off to the Sweet and Sassy Salon.

Side note on this place, it is seriously a little girl's dream. A Chuckie Cheese for girls!

Not only is it a hair salon, complete with TV's at each station to distract the kids from the sharp scissors that are coming at their face.

But it also has a little manicure/pedicure place and a runway for the girls to walk down after they get all dolled up.  After each hair cut they get a glitter hairspray and a sparkle tattoo put on them.  (I decided to not participate in the extra sparkle)  We were pushing our luck with just the hair cut.

Case and Point.  

Yep, she was thrilled!

 However, give the girl a couple of combs and Yogi Bear on her own personal TV and she sits pretty nicely so the stylist can work her magic.

Here are the after pictures.....

Yes, they even took a mini 1/2 inch curling iron to her hair and curled it all up for her.

And the best part of this whole experience in Blake's eyes was...

She got her very own, pink flower sucker.

All in all, very successful trip.

And then a moment of sadness realizing your baby is getting a little to big.

But at least her hair is looking good now.  

A Tale of a Dress... a Dang Tutu Dress!

I made this dress...

And I don't make these kinds of dresses.

We're talking a froo-froo tutu like dress for the kiddo.

You see my sister is getting married and she really wanted a tutu dress for Blake's flower girl dress.

And of course, being the world's greatest sister that I am, I decided to embark on this adventure called tutu making.

It didn't seem so hard... tie strips of tulle onto an elastic band and you have yourself a dress.

So I sent the following picture to my sister.....

She informed me that the dress wasn't going to work on a paper towel roll.

Dang it!  

So much easier to pose a paper towel roll than an 18 month old.

So the next morning I sent her this....

(Forgive me for not taking off her PJ's first.)

So I thought I'd try again..

I told Little Miss how gorgeous she looked and she was a princess and I got this....

Even worse of a reaction followed by trying to rip the dang tutu off her purple PJ clad body.

Needless to say, Sister, went a different route for a flower girl dress.

And I am now stuck with a tutu hoping that one day she'll decide it's a fun Halloween costume.

If not, I'll give it to Sister and Sister's fiance for their future children.

In case anyone really does want to make a dress for dress up.   Here is the cheap and easy link I used to make this one.

ENJOY!!!