Henderson Happenings: Fresh Haircuts and getting Ready for Valentine's Day

Yesterday the girls got their haircuts. They really like their hairdresser and enjoy getting to see her. They both enjoy getting their hair cut but Amy particularly likes having someone's undivided attention as she gets her hair done plus has a listening ear from her hair dresser. Amy chit/ chats the WHOLE time! Last time we got haircuts, Amy told Jessica that she is magical because she and Anna are from China. Jessica replied that she wished she could be magical too. Then Amy being the generous girl she is, told Jessica that she would share some of her magic. Then she bestowed magical powers to all the hairdressers in the room. To Jessica, she gave the magic of cutting hair. To the hairdresser next to us, she gave her the magic of jewelry (because she wore lots of jewelry ). To another she gave the magic of nature, and to another the magic of the sun and moon, to which this hairdresser announced to all that it would be a very sunny day tomorrow because that is what she likes best!

Cheers erupted across the room.

Amy then apologized to everyone, explaining that she, and she alone, has to keep all the magic of the glitter for herself because she loves glitter. Amy did graciously bling some imaginary magical glitter around to everyone to share what she could. They were all very pleased with their magical gifts, and sympathized with her desire to control all the glitter of the world, then Amy continued to entertain all the ladies getting their hair done, with all sorts of nonsensical topics and also by asking who was a mother and who was a daughter and who was a sister. She likes to know everyone's family situation.

Some background information for the rest of my story, because Amy likes to turn things off and on, any and everything, I had to be really firm with her about our hair dryer being off limits. She must wait until she is a little older to use it all by herself. We stressed that it could burn her as it does get hot. Well we may have over done it because she kept telling her hairdresser, Jessica, to be more careful when she was drying her hair. Jessica tried not to giggle because she thinks Amy is so funny.
She also understands Amy has some sensory processing issues, including how ticklish Amy is when getting her hair washed. Amy laughs hysterically and squirms the whole time the water squirts her hair.

In between all kinds of chitchat I could hear these random comments:

" Don't get too close with the dryer, Jessica." When Jessica would put the dryer under her arm to use both hands for brushing/styling Amy's hair, Amy would really scold her......"Don't hold the dryer like that Jessica, or you might burn yourself up. You don't want to burn yourself up, do you Jessica?! "
"Are you TRYING to burn yourself up, Jessica?!"

"Your pulling my hair, Jessica."

"That's too hot, Jessica, you are burning my neck."

"Ok, Jessica, now you are pulling my hair and burning my neck."

Everyone once again was amused by Amy's micromanagement.

So for this haircut appointment, I reassured Amy that Jessica is a "professional". She knows how to handle scissors and a hairdryer very carefully. She went to a special school to learn all about it.

And all went well.

I could not hear what all Amy was saying to her this time, but I did see her mouth moving most of the time.

There is no telling!

Jessica used to have dark hair like the girls. She went for a big change. Amy wants red hair too! I told her how much I love her hair the color that it is and that red would have to wait until she is MUCH older.