I hope she won't hold a grudge...

She was in tears during this part...she wanted it to be over.

I hope this is not considered child abuse.
Before we begin the perm.
Let the fun begin???


Not knowing what is in store.


Look at that face.

It was an afternoon of tears,

but with a game of "I spy," some chocolate and sprite, and a pretty color of pink on her toes and fingers, I was able to get a thumbs up.

20 minutes later, let wash out the rollers!

Beautiful!
Delanie loved it and even said" I am prettier then Kenzie now."

Full of smiles:

Is it because it is all done OR that she loves it?


Looking back at this experiences of this afternoon, brought back a range of memories.

Being a girl of the 8o's, I had my first perm when I was about 8 and had them till about Jr. high.

I remembered the smell, the pain, the time: Watching Delanie go through the perm brought this all back and made me also remember just how much I hated them!!!

SO WHY would I do that to my own daughter??? With Delanie having natural curls, the older she is getting, they are starting to fall out, but if we don't brush it daily, it just turns into a rats nest, and with her being a very independent 5 year old, she didn't want me to brush her hair. I got tried of see nappies... SO the next step was a perm.

Tears came to my eyes as I watched her go through the dryer, She kept asking to be done, but with a bit of distraction and chocloate, we were able to get through the 20 minutes...

Anyways, Lanie loves it and it is over. She does keep telling me though that she doesn't want to have another perm AGAIN!

Between the memories that I have as a kid and now Lanie, we will have the "trauma" to relate with together.

If anyone else has "bad" perm stories or pictures, I am sure Lanie would love to see that she isn't the only one who had to have that "Stinky" smell on her that seems to follow her where ever she goes. :)