Maybe we'll have fewer clogged drains now...

Background - I love long hair on little girls. I was lucky enough that all three of my girls grew their hair in very evenly and I didn't feel the need to give them haircuts at early ages. My mom offered to trim K's hair a couple years ago because it was getting scraggly, but other than that, none of my kids had ever had their hair cut.

Chapter 1 - Trims

A few weeks ago I decided K's hair was super dead on the ends again and I felt it was time to get all the girls' hair trimmed. But I was reluctant to do it myself, so I took them to the beauty school.

Here are the results of that:

K Before

K Before

K After

D Before

D Before

D After

C Before

C Before

C After

C After

I must admit, I was very sad about how much hair C lost... and I didn't think D's hair was trimmed quite as much as I wanted... but I was grateful that it was still long.

That would be the end of the story I wanted to tell originally. However... there is now another chapter in the hair-cutting saga.

Chapter 2 - The Chop

So, yesterday, I walked into my bedroom to find D sitting on the office chair, playing with her hair and holding a pair of scissors... There were chunks of hair all over the floor. I admit that I did NOT keep my cool. I actually screamed at her to stop, hoping that if she stopped immediately everything would magically be fine. She explained that K had done most of the cutting and she was just "finishing."

I took away the scissors, found K and took away the pair of scissors she was holding and went to inspect the damage. I knew right away we would have a completely new style, and I'd have to chop it.

Here's what I had to work with:

Notice, there are still a few long pieces on this side, but most of it is pretty short.

Again... notice where the hair falls here (this will be important later)... A good portion of it is just above her ear lobe. Her hair is pretty thin, so I knew I wouldn't be able to just add layers to it... and if I just used these as long bangs, she would have all bangs and no hair... So, I gathered what was left into her last ponytail for a while (isn't it beautiful? I love the wave at the bottom):

And cut it:

D was actually pretty proud of the hair. As you can also see in this picture, I gave her bangs also. There were a couple good chunks missing from the front of her hair as well, which were not visible in the first pictures, but trust me, this was the best way to get everything to blend.

Just to show you what she actually lost. Some of the longer pieces here reached 8".

Here's the side view just after the ponytail chop... and before I evened it out. At this point I thought an A-line bob would work well on her... short in the back, a little longer in front... probably chin-length.

Unfortunately... if you remember from the pictures above, while her right side was still chin length, the left side was closer to the middle of her ear. So, I had to work with what I had. Here's the final product:

And the front view:

Here you'll notice that K also snipped a chunk on top. There's really nothing I can do about that one... but thankfully it was only a small section, and she'll just look like Alfalfa for a while.

The little stinker LOVES her new short hair, and has stopped at every reflective surface she's found today to admire it.

Dave thinks it's pretty cute, and K is asking for a shorter hair-cut too... though I'm not sure I want to deal with the waves & curl in her hair.

I have to admit... it is pretty cute, and looks a lot like a picture of me from that age. And I will also say, it was pretty fun to do, and kind of satisfying that it turned out so well.

But I do miss the long hair.