Nice ponytail

Now that I'm a SAHM I seem to throw my hair up a lot more b.c it's just easy some days. Problem is I get those annoying bumps or fly always.
Any secret to a nice pony? I have medium length hair that all fits up. Sometimes I let a few pices hang down by my face, but unless I have time to blow dry it usually goes up. With a 1 and 3 yr old it's now always easy. I get in a shower in the morning, but don't always wash my hair then.

Any advise or cut ideas? I usually love it short on me too, but then I have to blow dry and if I throw it up I get this small pony and the rest falls in my face.

Thanks!

Nice ponytail

My babysitter showed up with a really cute ponytail look this weekend. It was a low side pony tail (I've done a braid to the side, but didn't think to do a ponytail that way), and she had a thin head band on top. It was very pretty.