Mess

06

"Daddy and I are going to Papa's and Mama's today!" Summer exclaimed as I went into her room to do her hair.

"I know. I'm coming with you guys." I smiled at her, grabbing the curling iron from under her sink and placing it on the counter, not plugging it in. "First things first, you need to take a shower. Then, we'll blow dry and curl your hair."

"Where's daddy?" She asked as I turned on the water.

"Asleep still." I said. "He doesn't have to be up until an hour, but we're up earlier so we can do your hair."

"Oh, O.K.!" She nodded.

"Do you like your water hot?" I asked her. "Or warm?"

"Warm. If the water is too hot, it burns my skin!" She exclaimed, making me chuckle slightly.

"Well, we wouldn't want to do that. Now, do you wanna take a shower or a bath?" I asked as I went to her room to grab her clothes while the water warmed up.

"Bath!" She answered quickly.

"Alright honey." I nodded, going into her closet. 

I quickly found a cute little hot pink dress in her closet that would go perfectly with her nails and a flower headband to match. I grabbed those, some underwear, and socks, since she had already decided she was gonna wear sneakers today. Once I got it all laid out, I went back in the bathroom, to find she had already put the plug in and was in the bath, making me smile. I grabbed the shampoo and the conditioner, both Strawberry Shortcake. I grabbed the cup from the top of the sink and poured the water on top of her head first, making her giggle. Once I got it wet enough, I got the shampoo and began massaging it in her head. I made some weird hair-do's with it. I couldn't help but take a picture of every single one. She was giggling in all of them, making them even cuter. Then, covering her eyes, I carefully washed out the shampoo, wringing her hair out to make sure it was all out of there. I grabbed the conditioner and ran my fingers through her hair as I put it in, making sure her hair was smooth and not tangled. I finished that and washed the conditioner out like I did the shampoo.

"Now, do you put the soap on yourself?" I asked, as I poured some body wash onto a rag.

"Yep." Summer nodded. "No putting it in my mouth."

"That's exactly right." I nodded, smiling at her and rubbing the rag together before handing it to her.

I watched as she rubbed the rag all over herself, then allowed me to wash her off. We were in and out of that bath in 20 minutes. I wrapped a towel around her body and had her go get dressed while I went to go grab the blow dryer I had bought a few days ago. I went into Scott's room and found him still dead asleep. I smiled and left him asleep, knowing we had 40 minutes left before he had to get up. I grabbed the blow dryer and went into Summer's room to find her fully dressed. Even her socks were on. I smiled at the girl and had her sit on the chair in the bathroom so I could blow dry her hair. She imitated the sound of the blow dryer as I dried her hair, making me laugh. She was a funny little girl. 

Once it was all dry, I sectioned off the top part of her hair from her bottom and began curling her hair. While I did so, we sang a few songs from Sponge Bob and Bubble Guppies. She also told me about the park Scott use to take her to before he started to have to work in the mornings. I would have to ask Scott about where it was. Maybe I would take her there sometime. Should sounded like she loved it. There was this pond. Ducks were close to always in it. So, every Friday, Scott would take there old bread and for about an hour, they would be there feeding the ducks. There was a playground not too far away from there that she would play on while Scott would talk to other adults, drinking his coffee.