Her hair...

So last week, I think it was a Wednesday night, I put the kids to bed. Night time gets chaotic but this night went very smooth. We did jammies, books, brushed teeth, prayers and then off to bed. I went down stairs to relax, watch tv and fold some laundry. About an hour after I put the kids to bed I went back upstairs to put some laundry away. I heard some noise in the kids' bathroom. I got to the top of the stair to peak in the bathroom and this is what I found...

Holy crud! Laine cut off her hair. I gasped. She looked at me, dropped the scissors and started crying. I don't think she actually realised what she was doing until that moment. She cried, "my hairs, my hairs" and wanted her daddy. Being the great parent I am... ;)... I grabbed my phone and snapped a picture. I, for her sake, didn't yell at her or make her feel worse. I just told her that it was so sad she cut her hair and that is NOT how we use scissors. I did how ever call my husband and nearly cried. Her hair had taken so long to grow out and was just barely long enough to braid and put in pony tails. But what was done was done so we had to fix it. She told me she was cutting out her pretties. Her pretties are what we call the rubber bands to hold the ponytails. Sure enough, when I cleaned up the mess, there were 2 pretties on the floor. They were still holding the ponytails together. 

That night I evened it out just a little and thought we would see how it turned out in the light of day. After I cut off the mullet and put piggies in she said she felt better.  As you can see my the above picture she was a bit distraught by her hair.

The next day I decided it for sure needed to be cut. I looked at some hair cut ideas and decided that the only way to salvage it was to do a pixie cut. Lucky for me one of the little girls in my preschool mom does hair. She was happy to help. Laine was feeling like pretty big stuff getting her hair cut at a real salon. It was her first real hair cut.

It turned out so, SO cute. Although it isn't really what I had planned for her hair, we couldn't be more pleased. I think the little pixie cut has made her even more sassy! The day after cut her hair a friend came over with a bunch of bows for Laine. Then we spent the evening at another friends house making more headbands and bows. I need to make a few more because she is loving them. I told her that since she cut her hair she can't go anywhere without a bow or headband. Since then she has reminded me every morning to get a bow so she can choose one for the day.

I am not sure she could get much cuter. Oh how we love her, even when she does naughty things!