An Answer for Everything

One morning Katie came downstairs dressed in her flowered shirt and multi colored plaid leggings ready for the day.  She has dressed herself since she was 3 and decided that the more colors and patterns she had on her clothes, the better they looked.   She said, "Good morning, Mommy! Do you like my outfit?"  I looked at her clashing shirt and pants and said, "Yes, you look beautiful." I then took a look at her knotty, crazy hair and knew I had a combing challenge ahead of me.  She doesn't like having her hair brushed on a good hair day, let alone when she has a case of severe bed-head.  I said to her, "Hey, Katie, how about after breakfast we put your hair in pigtails?"  She replied, "No thanks."  I said, "Well,  I still have to brush your hair. Wait here while I get the brush."  She stopped me and said, "Oh, you don't have to brush my hair today.  I'm wearing a rockstar outfit, and rockstars don't brush their hair." (5/17/11)