Thursday, September 29, 2011

Hair today, gone tomorrow




I knew the day was going to come..
I knew it was bound to happen..
I just knew it.

Aria cut her hair.

I would really like to blame
"Tangled"
or 
the person
who pretended to cut her hair with play doh scissors..
In fact,
I have blamed them both.

But the fact of the matter is.
I am the one
who had 12 inches of my hair cut off..
In the kitchen..
with her watching.
I guess I can take a little bit of the blame too..

But Disney is getting most of it..
Because they are a multi billion dollar company..
I have a right to blame corporations 
for my lack of judgment.
Right?
Right.

We will all sitting at the table.
Aria was doing a project.
Gibson was doing a project.
I was helping Jack with a puzzle..
I thought to my self
"wow this is peaceful"

and then as I always do
 when that thought comes to my mind..
I looked around frantically
 for the mischief that had to be happening at that moment.

And that's when I saw it..
Beautiful curls..
falling to the table..
I gasped
Aria 's little eyes brimmed with tears..
and started saying
"So sorry, scissors are for cutting paper, I am sorry, Momma"
I felt awful..
because lets be honest..
my gasp was more like a screech.

Hugged her..
let her know it's just hair,
 Momma's not mad.
I literally said it 10 times..
"It's just hair, baby girl...just hair."
I think I might have been crying too.

The truth is..
It was just a few inches of hair..
It is so easy to get caught up in things..
To make them bigger than they are..
to make them worse than they are..
But it's just hair.
And, of course, a mullet never goes out of style.





7 comments:

  1. cute pics. and precious story!

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  2. STOP!! That precious child does not have a mullet! (please say no, Nana, she doesn't!!) I think every child, as a rite of childhood, cuts his or her own hair.
    Oh and the stories I could tell...one time it was THE DAY OF portraits.
    Another time...well it wasn't exactly hair...on the head...but an eyebrow.
    Yeah.
    No names.
    I don't want to embarrass him.
    <3

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  3. awe

    this reminds me of the time I let my sister cut my hair when we were kids. I had "baby" bangs for a months and I was like 7

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  4. As a kindergarten teacher, I can attest to the fact that it takes only seconds of not watching kids with scissors for them to cut their hair! Thankfully, like you said, it's just hair. And your little girl is so precious...I'm sure she can rock a mullet with the best of 'em. ;)

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  5. Aw, I did that too...doesn't every kid? Hehe.

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  6. awe - what a sweet story. That's so sweet what she said to you. Thank you for sharing.

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