Check out that hair. This 4 year old has hair that nearly touches her bottom. It can look so lovely but it also can take a lot of work to keep it combed and pulled back so we decided to cut it for the summer. We could have just cut off 4-5 inches but it you cut off 8 inches you can donate the hair for wigs. I told Gensie if we cut off a lot we can give it to someone that doesn't have hair. She was very excited and said she wanted to cut it off and give it to Brother Allen. He is our neighbor and shaves his head so she wanted to give her hair to him. I told her maybe we could give it to a little girl that didn't have hair. She really wanted to cut it and had no reservations about it.
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| We cut it on May 23 her half birthday |
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| It's an adjustment. Quinn and I both wanted to cry a little. When I finished cutting it she hopped down, looked in the mirror. She giggled to see it cut and hasn't seemed to even notice since. It is much easier to comb now for me. |
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| Sad story. I took her pig tails and put them in a ziplock bag and clipped them to the very very top of the fridge where the kids could not reach them. Instead of mailing them in myself I was going to drop them off to a friend who cuts hair and has a bunch to send in. That way she can just send it all in together. The hair had been up there for a couple of weeks and the kids had paid no attention to it. One day while I was gone, Quinn layed down to take a little rest while the kids were playing. While he was resting, Avonlea apparently pushed a chair over to the fridge and got the hair down. When Gensie saw what she was doing she took them away, but then she decided to take the rubber bands off them before stuffing them back into the bag and placing it on the counter. That's how Quinn found it. I was sick. We cut off 9 inch pigtails (and then even more to even up the hair) just so we could donate it and then this happens. When I got home I sat down and did my best to put the hair back and put ties on it again. Crossing our fingers that they will be able to use it still. |
