Hair, hair, hair

Hair is a big event here... the girls need their hair done about once/week, less often if they have the braid extensions (which make daily maintenance easy and look pretty cool). I've learned how to apply hair food and relaxer and know how to pick out moisturizing spray and the hair extensions for the braids. For the younger girls, it's a traumatic experience. Somewhere around 7 or 8 they learn how to suck it up and at least appear like they're not in severe pain.
Anthea and Deslin working on Jeannie's hair. Lizzie braiding Sisipho's hair.
Washing Jeannie's hair. She basically cries through the whole process. The only hope for comforting her is to give her a bag of raisins.