I picked G up from preschool last Monday, where she declared to her teacher, "we're going to get my hair cut today!" We weren't, but it sparked some conversation, and G had decided that she was ready for short hair. Hair like mommy's- to her shoulders. I'll be honest, that I was not wanting to cut her hair to her shoulders, but I did agree that it needed a few inches cut off. Her hair had started to become very time consuming to brush and fix every morning, not to mention, washing it was becoming a chore. So, I agreed to take her for a hair cut, when we were in Conway visiting my parents.
There's a cute little kids hair salon in Little Rock, and we have nothing like that in Tulsa. So, we went there last Wednesday, and waited, and waited.... We actually waited about two hours, and I decided I will never get my children's hair cut the day before a holiday.
DJ actually mentioned Tuesday night that we should donate G's hair, and I told him that it was probably too late to gather the appropriate information and to figure out how to do it correctly. I looked on Locks of Love's website, and learned that the hair had to be 10 inches. I talked to G a little about it, and we had had the conversation about donating her hair in the late summer, but I wasn't settled on the idea, mostly because 10 inches is a lot!
Here's her before pictures. At this point, I still wasn't sure how much we would get cut, but I knew that it would be a substantial amount. My guess was 4-5 inches.
Here's the back of her hair.
When we were finally called, I asked the hair dresser to measure her hair for me, just to let me know how much 10 inches would look like. She asked if we were thinking of donating her hair and I told her that I wasn't sure. She separated G's hair into pigtails and measured her hair, letting me know that 10 inches would make her hair chin length. I was definitely not willing to go that short! But, she let me know that Pantene had a program, where the hair only had to be 8 inches, and that would be at her shoulders. I asked G and she was more than willing to cut 8 inches and donate her hair to the program!
So, the hair dresser measured the correct amount....
and, cut!
I was kind of squirming at that point, but I also wanted to let G know how proud I was of her decision to donate her hair. I think if it had been 100% my idea, I would've had a more difficult time.
G sat very still during her hair cut and even had two suckers.
And here are the after pictures!
I absolutely love how her hair turned out, and it has been so much easier to take care of! I'm not sure we'll keep it this short, and maybe she'll be willing to grow it back out to donate again.
G loves her hair cut too. She's commented several times about how long hair can get in the toilet, although admits that hers never did- only Rapunzel's, and that she looks like Princess Sophia (Disney's new princess t.v. show that will be airing in January.)
I think the best part is that we have very few tangles, and it's cut her hair routine in half!
