Vintage Educational Coloring Books

Love these vintage educational coloring books. There are also reprints out there too. These are just so much better than the cutsey character waste of paper that you commonly find.

The drawings are .... gasp .... realistic and show details about the animal you will recognize in pictures, or if lucky enough, in person.

Horse Riding Hairstyles for Girls

Being of a modest home, riding lessons is not an endless line of checks dashed off. It required a bit of thought, review of budget and a long talking to with the horse obsessed child.

Currently it had come to her attention that her hair usually looked messy. Why? I sent her to lessons with her hair up in a ponytail with a cute homemade bow wrapped around. It seems that the ponytail was yanked downward in order for her helmet to fit properly and much snarling ensued.

Ever the internet mom, I searched riding hairstyles and came up with nothing useful. So, I am going to post some experiments and post them here. It's better than a whole lot of nothing, right?

First, side braids:


Single Back Braid with Rubber Banded Bow:

This is what it looked like before I added the helmet.