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from the dawn of days, miss jada has always wanted a long swinging pony tail just like me, brooke and paige.  it's one of the downfalls to being the only brown girl in a family of white girls.

no matter how many discussions we have, books we read and compliments we give, there is no replacing the desire for the swinging pony tail with jada.

so i did it...i bought the swinging beast
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...and i have to say, she is totally in love!!!

Comments

Unknown said…
oh. my. goodness. AWESOME!
Jen said…
She is such a beauty.
Pam said…
I wanna see from the back!!! YARN BRAIDS SWING!!! :)
Elizabeth said…
So sweet! It definitely does make her look older and I love her little smile in this picture.
Cyndy Bush said…
Aw, I love it, and I love that she finally got her pony tail!!
fiddlehead said…
Oh how I love this! So glad I came across your blog! I know my daughter may want nothing more than a swinging ponytail one day....good to see you found a way!
Furry Bottoms said…
Sometimes I think this is the perfect era to live in. You can solve nearly every dilemma somehow. I am loving Jada's ponytail!!

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