HAIR
What the HAIR? Did you think I was trying to say something else? Alright, so maybe I was. However, after you read this post you will realize why I may have actually been saying the other 4 letter "H" word that my title suggests.
Brinley is my quiet child. She was such a quiet and sweet baby. She was a quiet 2 year old. No tantrums were necessary-yet. (she was saving them) She is still quiet. Quiet before the STORM that is.
I have always cut the kids' hair myself. No. No, I have not gone to school or been taught by anyone, and maybe I shouldn't be doing it, but I do. It typically turns out pretty well & everyone is always happy with their results. Until now...
Exibit A: The Scissor Thief
I say scissor thief because Brinley has been known to cut *things in the past & has been banned from using scissors without permission/supervision. (*my new blanket, her pillow case, her pajama shirt, a BRAND NEW shirt of hers etc.) She managed to find a pair of scissors that I had hidden and decided that her hair cut wasn't quite meeting her standards. She quietly took matters into her own hands and butchered- I mean cut her own hair.
I have always cut the kids' hair myself. No. No, I have not gone to school or been taught by anyone, and maybe I shouldn't be doing it, but I do. It typically turns out pretty well & everyone is always happy with their results. Until now...
Exibit A: The Scissor Thief
I say scissor thief because Brinley has been known to cut *things in the past & has been banned from using scissors without permission/supervision. (*my new blanket, her pillow case, her pajama shirt, a BRAND NEW shirt of hers etc.) She managed to find a pair of scissors that I had hidden and decided that her hair cut wasn't quite meeting her standards. She quietly took matters into her own hands and butchered- I mean cut her own hair. This next picture doesn't show it very well, but in the red circle if you look closely you'll see a small patch of hair that was trimmed down to about 1/4 of an inch. Right on the top of her head!
Her hair had previously, after I had cut it, been all one length. I could do lots of fun stuff with it & she loved having her hair "pretty".
Now I had to try and make "pretty" hair out of this mulitple lenth, mostly two inch chunk, half bang mess!
Her main hair style for the next little while was my white girl version of what sorta looked like corn rows. (Sorry about the random picture. This is the only one I could find that showed the majority of her hair.)
This is a closer view of the top & how I had to hide the disaster! (She was in the tub & I was about to undo it for the night.)
Her hair had previously, after I had cut it, been all one length. I could do lots of fun stuff with it & she loved having her hair "pretty".Now I had to try and make "pretty" hair out of this mulitple lenth, mostly two inch chunk, half bang mess!Her main hair style for the next little while was my white girl version of what sorta looked like corn rows. (Sorry about the random picture. This is the only one I could find that showed the majority of her hair.)This is a closer view of the top & how I had to hide the disaster! (She was in the tub & I was about to undo it for the night.)
After about 2 months of these tiny, intricate, time consuming hair-do's her hair had only grown out a little & I couldn't take it any more! 
So, I decided to cut her some bangs! (haha, I love this picture) The minute I cut them she went from my little baby face Brinley to this Big Girl! She looks so cute with bangs & I wish I would have cut some a lot sooner!! Phew...hair headaches averted.
JUST KIDDING!
I sit down one moring, just a few weeks after solving all my problems with her hair, and discover this.
Exibit B: The Gum Snatcher
If scissors weren't a big enough issue with this girl she also has to add gum to the list of things she loves, but can't have. I cannot keep her away from the stuff! If she were a dog she could be on a top police team solving mysteries of missing gum! No matter where I hide the stuff she can always find it!
It wasn't pretty, but after about 30 minutes of pulling, whining, and combing I got it out.
The amount of hair she lost was substantially less than if I had cut it out.
1 comment:
Leslie--so, so, so funny! I have read this multiple times and shared it with Nick because it cracks me up so much. I can not believe I haven't commented until now. Oh dear! What a girl!
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