Bunheads

Today I went and volunteered at a local shelter which sent me and my group to a little apartment center. We passed out fliers and picked up trash. Then they had us play with some neighborhood kids.
I sat down to talk to one boy as he was playing with puzzles. I saw that he had a different kind of rescue hero vehicle puzzle and asked which one was his favorite. He responded with the firetruck. Of course, should have guessed that one. Then he leaned over and hugged me. I was a bit surprised that he hugged me but it was really sweet. He played with the puzzles for a few more minutes then said. "I'm going to play football outside." I told him "Ok, have fun!" Then turned to talk to one of my friends.

A few minutes later this girl walks up to me, I would guess she's around 7 or 8 years old. She asks "Can I play with your hair?" I wanted to say no because I had it in a ponytail and thought it looked awful. Plus I knew it would have a major ponytail crease. But instead I said yes. So I took out my ponytail and bobbie pins.
She kept asking what she should do. She would put it in a high pony tail then into a bun, she would braid it. She put her bow in my hair and I was just hoping that she didn't have lice! Don't want to have to go through that!
After she fixed up my hair, she went over to one of my friends who sat across the table and asked if she could play with her hair. My friend said no. The little girl said, "She has softer hair than you." She was referring to me having softer hair. We all thought that was funny. After being turned down she asked my friend sitting next to me if she could do her hair. My friend said no but then gave in and let her. She gave her a bun then came back to play with my hair and put both our hair in buns. The friend who had said no laughed and said "You're bunheads." Which then we all laughed because I knew she was referring to that new show called Bunheads.

After a while it was time for us to go eat lunch so we had to leave. The kids were sad. They kept asking "Are you going to be back?" one of the boys little boys tried to pick me up. Some gave goodbye hugs. It was really sweet and a fun mission.