French Braid

I love French braids.

I think they are so classy.

Maybe it's because all the rich girls that

ride horses braid their hair.

 

When I was in elementary, the French braid was

what all the cool kids wore.

I had great hair for French braiding...long straight hair.

But my mom didn't know how to French braid.

My granny boo boo did. She used to babysit a lot of

kids. And everyday after nap time, she would braid all the

girl's hair. When I was there, I would get mine braided too.

I loved it.

One time, I remember having my granny braid

my hair and then I slept in it all night. I got up the next morning

and tried to smooth out the sides and spray it so that it would look okay.

Then I went to school (trying to 'fit' in)

My mom probably shouldn't have let me do that.

It probably looked terrible, but I didn't care.

And she couldn't have convinced me otherwise anyway.

I just wanted to be like those other girls.

The girls with the braided hair.

I have tried and tried to learn to French braid so I can

do Emma's hair, but I always failed.

Then something just 'clicked' and I did it!

I practiced on her for the whole movie night.

She didn't care for that, but I got okay at it.

I've braided her hair a few times for school and she looks so adorable.

Sometimes it doesn't turn out and we just throw it up

in a pony. But for this day it worked really well.