Let's play barber shop.........

Friday, 4-30-10

As I'm downstairs cleaning up and what-have-you, Elissa decided that her, Tyler and Zachary should play barber shop.

I really thought that I had missed the episode of Elissa cutting her hair. I know that pretty much every child cuts their hair at some time during their childhood, but I really never thought that Elissa would. I don't know what gave her the idea to do it now.

I didn't know for hours later (bad mom!). I took Tyler home and dropped Elissa off at another play date and for some reason I came home and went in her room. I saw a strange sight on the ground.....it looks like hair. I pick it up and I pray that it is doll hair, but it feels real.

Then Elissa got home and she turned around and this is what I saw.....

I was nearly in tears. We would have to cut so much of her hair off. Why does hair bring so much emotion??

It took Elissa a long while to tell the truth. I had to call and get Tyler's side of the story to piece everything together. Elissa came up with the idea to play barber shop and then Tyler was the barber. Elissa sat in the rocking chair while Tyler cut a junk out of the back of her hair. Then she had Tyler and Zach sit in the rocking chair together and she cut their hair. I couldn't find where Zach got a hair cut, but you could see it on Tyler. Right at the top of his head were short little strands.

I was thinking that we needed to go have it cut right a way, but Darin calmed me down. He said, "Do you really want someone at Great Cuts trying to fix her hair?" That would be a big NO. :-) So I left a message for my hair dresser. I couldn't get her in until Tuesday, so she wore a pony tail for the next few days.

I'm SO glad I waited because Cindy did such a great job trying to save what length she could and making it a cute easy hair cut.

Such a cute girl with a cute cut!

It has been such a nice change to be able to easily brush her hair. It was such an ordeal every day to get all the rats out after her sleeping. Both of  us dreaded it.

She looks too grown up though......