Awwww don't you just love em! I'm prodigal curly too; this week, in fact, I made the decision to lay down my heated tools of pain, and stop lying to myself. My youngest son was kind of troubled this morning with the pineapple I have on my head (for sleeping, you understand). And then he said, "I know what you've done! You've bought some new hair!!! Can it come off now please?"
Your guinea pig comment made me laugh, my son equates beauty with his guinea pig too!