K, so now that school has started for us again (booo) I've been trying to decide if we're going to keep up this blog or not. :( I've actually been thinking about this for awhile now. The princess just started first grade (holy cow) and now goes to school all day (early in the morning.) Unfortunately I'm NOT much of a morning person. I don't really see myself getting out of bed 1 minute earlier than I have to, kwim?
We'll probably be doing quick and simple 5 minute hairstyles almost every school day. (Boring)
Something like this.......
Nothing special, but if you hate mornings like I do, feel free to give it a try! You'll be out the door in 5 minutes. If you've forgotten how to do a twist braid or are new to hair blogs, click on this link for our twist braid video. I'm guessing the rest should be a snap. One last silly picture!!
Before I forget, I also want to say THANK YOU THANK YOU to all of you for reading our blog!! Your sweet comments and emails have been our very favorite part of blogging. You've brightened our day on MANY occasions with your kind words. I'm torn because we've loved doing this blog and the thought of quitting completely makes me sad. :( I've thought about re posting some of our favorite older styles that have probably been forgotten, and maybe doing a new style on the weekends once in awhile. What do you guys think? Would that be boring to see our old stuff again? Until we decide what we're doing for sure (don't give up on us quite yet).......we still have the ShooShoos baby shoes contest running until tomorrow (don't forget to enter.) Also, we have several giveaways scheduled in the next few weeks and will be happy to continue hosting giveaways for anyone who asks us while we're in limbo. 
How to play:
No rhyme or reason to this hairstyle really. You could do the parts a jillion different ways. We have another variation of this same type of style that turned out really cute. I'll get it posted as well at some point.
I then took a small section behind the twists to use as an anchor and secured it with an elastic on the other side. At this point, you can start parting and twisting pieces on the other side of the part and tie them in to the anchor pony with elastics all the way down.
Coming off of the center part a little ways back, part out a rectangular section of hair. 
Take the top inch or two of that section and clip it or flip it over to the other side to keep it out of the way for now.
Take the hair you have left, brush it up towards the top of her head and braid it. (This may seem a little awkward since normally you would be braiding downwards.) It needs to go upwards to lay flat against her head though. Repeat these steps on the other side of her head. 
You should now have 2 braids, one on each side. Split the 2 sections you left out earlier in half and lay the braids through the sections, over the top of her head. Comb everything smooth and spray with a little water. To start the french braids: Make your first 3 sections by grabbing the hair on either side of the braids, then split each side in 2 (4 sections) now combine the middle pieces to make 3 pieces. It will lay much smoother if you start it this way.
French braid like you normally would. The braid hanging down on each side will just become part of the french braid. You won't even notice it. Just make sure to take the elastic on the end of the braid out if you don't want it poking through. The french braid will hold the braid in place and keep it from unraveling, so you don't need the elastic.
