It Had to Happen…. (5 Comments)
One of these days, I just knew, it was going to happen.
One of the kids would experiment with cutting their hair, specifically their bangs. The Boy, being the oldest, was scissor challenged because I would hardly let him touch the things. I drilled into him “Scissors cut paper! Never hair!”
I thought I was still being diligent about keeping the scissors out of reach. There was the one little incident when Pixie cut a bit of her hair but it was in the long portion and easily hid. I renewed by efforts of scissor banishment and on we went.
But then, with the girls being more interested in crafts than their brother ever was, the scissors came down and were left out in the open. So very tempting. Calling her name, I’m sure.
So she took them, hid, threw away the evidence and hoped no one would notice.
Umm, yeah. Not noticeable at all.
So I trimmed it all up; at least she left a bit, it wasn’t cut at scalp level.
*Note: I am behind in my postings (you didn’t notice that it was pretty quiet around here, did you?) This happened in April but I had to put it up. You can see in her birthday shot how things are growing out. I will continue to post some things that have happened and try to catch us up as well as insert some newer things.*
****Note to Editor: I bravely used a semi-colon. I hope I didn’t cause you a heart attack as it’s probably improper usage. *****
I did that as a child, several times in fact. I think my brother shaved his eyebrows off once too!
Comment by Julie — May 27, 2009 @ 1:37 pm
Oh dear. She looks so pleased with the results which I think is the most amusing bit, really.
p.s. The semicolon is just fine. But I don’t usually critique informal pleasure-reading blog material — seriously. 🙂
Comment by kn. — May 28, 2009 @ 6:39 am
I’m with kn — it’s surprising that she looks so thrilled! Was this by chance a couple days later, after the shock and scolding wore off?
It’s the tractor shirt again … I love the tractor shirt. I’d never before noticed that the smoke says “Ireland.”
Comment by Arat — May 28, 2009 @ 8:33 am
That’s just her normal look in life. Always smiling.
It was taken as soon as I noticed it. I think I was more upset about the whole thing than she was. She was happy to have short bangs. I’ll have to keep an extra vigilant eye on those scissors!
Yes, the beloved tractor shirt. Friends visited Ireland and brought it back for The Boy many years ago because they knew he liked tractors. Pixie never wore it.
Comment by JustMe — May 28, 2009 @ 9:15 am
When I first read the words scissors and hair I knew that Sunshine had to be the culprit! Hahahaha! Its so funny and cute, and it makes me laugh to think that she was so happy and that you were fuming out the ears :~)
Its funny how children constantly remind us to just go with the flow and to pooh-pooh societies hang-ups.
Comment by Liesel — May 29, 2009 @ 6:11 am