The Truth Behind the Pictures.

So, I love Pinterest.  I no longer save random pictures to my desktop and I can quickly get ideas and tutorials in a matter of seconds.  All of which are saved on the internet with corresponding links.  Perfect.  Each night I hop on for a few seconds (okay, maybe minutes - but Pinterest is much quicker than stopping to read blogs) and glean inspiration.

There are so many quick and simple ideas that I have already used from my few months on Pinterest:
- submersible lights in the bath
- water beads
- circle skirt tutorial
- home-made drain de-clogger
- oatmeal smoothies
- Family Home Evening Ideas
- Halloween costume inspiration.

The list could go on.

But, sometimes they make things seem easier than they are.

For instance, thanks to Pinterest, I came across some fabulous hairstyles for little girls.  I'm always in the hunt to have my girls be the ones in the crowd with cute hair, so I watched some tutorials and decided to give it a whirl.

The pictures and tutorial didn't say anything about the fact that my girls would cry the entire time with sensitive head issues.  I can only be so soft, and really, if I'm going to be as soft as my girls would have me be, that would mean I could never brush their hair again.

The pictures also didn't say anything about the fact that this hairstyle is great if you have a prize child, not 4 little girls.  What were Leta and Annie doing during the epic circle braid?  Eating toothpaste.  And I let them play and eat cause I was on a mission - to produce one day of cute hairness.

As you can see, we didn't make it that far with Lucy Tucy.  Too many tears, we couldn't go any farther.

 But Elsa...she held strong and we had to document the triumphant Princess Hair.  You bet I'm giving you 4 pictures of the same exact head.

 

And toothpaste eating Annie got what I call "The Quail"

And 2 seconds after Epic Hair Showdown, we went out to ride bikes and the helmet caused Princess Hair damage.  

Fail.

 Exhibit B:  Cinnamon Ornaments via Pinterest

We tried out the recipe today, 2 ingredients, it seemed easy enough.  Sure the recipe was easy, the execution...not so much.  I'm pretty sure I screamed, "STOPPPP!" at one point in our fun mother/daughter togetherness moment...now that I think of it, every moment is a mother/daughter togetherness moment but I guess I was just trying to make this one more special...back to my original thought...so I screamed out because I had 3 girls on the counter, one on the chair next to me, the two L's in the family were duking it out over stirring rights and cinnamon paste was being flung through the air.  My patience had met its max.

Eventually we finished, though 2 of the 4 lost interest after the STOPPP incident (apparently it wasn't as fun if you couldn't fling), but after the requested baking time, the bigger ornaments were breaking apart.

Fail.
(At least we went to the library today - even amidst the storms -  and checked out our Christmas books.)

So, the moral of the story:  I still love Pinterest, but once again, I'm reminded life can not be summed up in a picture.