Bangless

We're growing out Charlie Jo's bangs, which has led to a long search for appropriate mechanisms to hold those pesky bangs in place.  This stretchy head band is doing the best job so far, but it is far from foolproof.

The better method (which sadly, does not jive well with her froggy bike helmet) is two pigtails placed ridiculously close to her forehead.

That is the best smile I can get out of her while she is watching TV.  Yes, some of her bangs are escaping, but that's after a morning of working hard at preschool and wearing the hood on her jacket up this morning.  Hard headbands won't keep her bangs back just yet, and barrettes simply slide out of her hair.  She is probably a little too old for the good old "whale spout" hairdo of the past.  Short of stapling the bangs to her head, this is going to be a looooong spring and summer of stretchy headbands and pigtails.  Doesn't she look like a different kid with her hair pulled back?