For the non-code peeps,¬† that roughly translates to “Quiet is not Good”.¬†
I don’t know why, but I’ve been seriously slow in learning that lesson.¬† Especially when applied to children being quiet.¬†¬†¬† Thanks to the weather, I worked from home yesterday.¬† And since I was such a chicken about driving, I didn’t really want to take the youngin’s out either.¬† So they stayed home too and played.
Late morning they had disappeared into Alex’s room and mom reported they were watching tv in there.¬† They weren’t killing each other and were blessedly quiet.¬† I know.¬† My first tip off.¬† A while later I walked by and saw Alex giving a toy duster a trim.¬† Messy but not really a problem.¬† I told him to quit it.¬† Quick motion by the girl child who spun around and sat on the floor.¬†¬†¬† When queried as to what she was doing, she replied with “Nothing” and the innocent but not innocent smile.¬†
A little prodding produced a small pile of hair on the floor tucked under her and her tush length hair¬†somewhat more ragged looking than normal.¬†¬†¬† This was the day that I’d been dreading and hoping wouldn’t happen.¬† You see, she’s never had a haircut other than my trimming her bangs.¬†¬†¬† Can’t say that anymore…
 
This was Kat’s handiwork.¬† Note the small section that still reaches the chair and beyond.¬† We called that stuff her baby hair.¬† The waves are from the braids I put this stuff into every night as it knotted terribly.¬† The baby hair didn’t help there.¬†¬† I’ve been meaning to give her a trim, but seriously, not this much!¬† Anyway, after lunch, I evened her out a bit…
That’s 8″ long.¬† I now have it in a rubberband and tucked away.¬† One bath and hairwashing later, I trimmed better as the braid waves were gone.¬† Here’s my little girl now.
It looks cute and yes, took less time to do, but I miss the long hair.¬† As she told me yesterday amidst her tears “It will grow back”.¬†
Do I need to mention that today is picture day at school?
Craft on!
