The color of "burned"

I have a wonderful daughter whom I just love to death. One of the many things I enjoy about her is her love for all things feminine. When I do my hair, she gets out her clips and toy hair dryer and does her hair. When I do my make up she pulls out her little make up kit and does her make up. Yesterday was one of those days.
I had just gotten out of the shower and was getting ready to do my hair. My daughter's hair-do had already started to fall out of place from when I did it earlier in the morning. Even when I wet her hair down before putting it in a pony tail, it will eventually give way. I hadn't even gone that far, so it was already falling. "Do you want me to fix your pony tail?" I asked her. "Yes," she said. I whipped my sopping wet hair up into a clip to get it out of the way and got out my squirt bottle.
She doesn't like it when I squirt it down (telling her it was Princess juice only worked for a short while) but she will tolerate it because she knows it really does stay in place better. So, I sprayed her down pretty good and was coming it into place when she lamented, "Now my hair looks all dark!" I laughed and told her that when hair gets wet it gets darker, but it would dry quickly and lighten up again. "Look at my hair," I said, it was still dripping wet, "What color is it". She paused for a minute analyzing my hair and said, "Black, no, burned, it is the color of burned. Like on my bagel this morning." I looked at my hair and laughed, yeah, I guess my wet hair is the color of burned. Good thing I had my hair dryer to help it dry quickly so it would lighten up again!

A rose by any other name...

Choosing a name for this blog has been a big undertaking! I know to some it seems like no big deal - pick a name and get on with it already, right? But, for me, it was a very big deal. I needed something that would represent me, my life style, and our family, yet still be catchy and cute. Debate, debate, deliberate, and stew. Finally, after some time, I bagged everything I had been considering and picked something completely new and completely perfect. So, welcome to Scattered Sunshine and enjoy a window into our world.