Thursday, June 10, 2010

conversations with Lauren


The week that Lauren stayed with the gparents in AL, I "treated" myself to a much-needed haircut.  The lady doing the cut asked if I had ever straightened my hair.  (I get that all the time).  When I told her "no, I never have time," she all but begged me to let her straighten it.  I thought, "well, why not?"  I have always been curious to see how it looks.

Almost 45 minutes later.....this was the result....



(I know, self pics are not good....but it was all I had)

I totally loved it!  I couldn't believe how different I looked and my hair was so soft and smooth.  I couldn't afford a Chi, so I bought a cheaper straightener from Target and have attempted it on my own 2-3 times since.  It has not been received well.  Jason liked it ok and my dad flat-out told me he "liked it better curly."
What do you guys think??

Anyway....I explained all that to give some background for yesterday's conversation with Lauren.  I was straightening my hair in the bathroom while Lauren was watching cartoons on my bed (moment of desperation, we were headed out for groceries, and I needed her to be still)  She gets down off the bed and comes in the bathroom...
Lauren: "Hi, mommy!
Me: "Hey, Lauren" (I'm trying to avoid burning my skin with the straightener).

Lauren: "Oooh, mommy, urr hair eees q"

Me: "what, Lauren?"  (I"m thinking, did she say what I think she said?!)

Lauren: "mommy's hair ees q!"

Me: "You think my hair is cute?"

Lauren: "huh huh"  (uh-huh)

And then she goes back to her cartoons.

When did my 2 year old learn to say "cute?!"


Yikes.






Also, I've been working with her on her name.  People (read: old people) are always saying "and what's your name little girl?"  Lauren has taken to holding up 2 fingers to tell them how old she is.... :)

So, we started "Name Boot Camp" in which I drill Lauren on her name until she learns it.  So far, not so good!

I asked Lauren: "What is your name?"

Lauren: "2"

Me: "Yes, Lauren, you are 2", "But your NAME is Lauren"  "Can you say Lauren?"

Lauren: "huh-huh" (uh-huh)

Me: "Ok, Lauren, what is your name?"

Lauren: "Dori!"  (Dora) 

Obviously, we are suffering from an identitiy crisis, and we will need something more intense than Name Boot Camp. :)


Just call me Dora, people.

3 comments:

Christy Ross said...

If you try to call Ryland anything other than her name (or a couple Ryland approved nicknames) she will tell you, "no. name Ry."

but she has no clue how old she is!

"Ryland you are two years old."
"No, mommy. Name Ry."

manda said...

I like your hair curly, only because it takes too much time to straighten it.

Willa started saying "cute" too. It's so funny. At 2 Willa didn't know her name, and she still doesn't know how old she is.

Kelli Hodges said...

You have the most beautiful curls I've ever seen!!! Definately curly!