I am sitting here wondering if I need to be terrified, worried or just bemused.
Caitlyn offered to have a bath with Tara since Tara was currently covered in sticky rice from “eating” sushi.
While Tara was in the bath, I decided to tackle her bangs as they were starting to bother her. I managed to cut her hair without it turning out TOTALLY dorky and they played for a bit in the bath.
Caity wanted to stay in for a bit and was playing around with the comb I had used and the makeup mirror……you can hear the ominous music now can’t you.
I went downstairs with Tara and soon after Caity joined us all in her PJ’s and hair brushed.
I went upstairs to make sure the tub wasn’t full of Tara’s hair and hmmmm there in the garbage can was locks of long hair. Locks on long hair with PINK IN IT.
I came back downstairs and just said to her…”Caity, if you are going to sneak cut your own hair, you need to flush the evidence.”
And sure enough…..BIG chunk of BANGS gone. Sigh…..why do we do these things?? I did the same….what I did not do however….was so vehemently DENY that I had done such a thing.
Denied to the point that we were starting to wonder if someone really HAD done it….I mean really really convinced that SHE DID NOT CUT HER OWN HAIR AND WHY WOULD YOU SAY SUCH A THING MOMMY!!!!
It started to give us chills…..so we all backed off and let things lie.
Later, when we thought the dust had settled….after all, there was no point in arguing..the deed had been done and could not be reversed.
I was sitting at the computer when Caity casually asked me…”Mom, do you really think I cut my own hair?”
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Ladies and Gents….my daughter.
I was always snipping here, trimming there when I was a kid. There was always this ONE PIECE that fell wrong so I would get rid of it, much to my mother’s delight 😉
Victoria won’t let us cut her hair right now. She’s growing out her bangs. However, she also won’t let me use barrette’s or headbands to keep it back out of her face…sigh.
And since V won’t cut her hair Amelia refuses to as well. And someday I can see Amelia playing hairdresser because she is just that kind of kid
She must be six. I swear it is the age of experimentation with truth vs lie & figuring out peoples’ reactions to said un/truths. My daughter has told some whoppers and it’s really frustrating. Because on one hand I CERTAINLY don’t want her to believe that I don’t believe what she’s saying, but on the otherhand, hey, what you’re saying is just not true & it’s not right to not be truthful. Usually I’ll take the tack of I like when people tell me the truth, and I’m not going to discuss this issue any further (once I determine for certain that said story is really a STORY). Just a phase… I hope! 🙂
how did you know!! And the most grimly I am right don’t mess with me six year old I have ever met!!!
You got a beautiful daughter. I caught my five year old daughter doing the same not long ago. She just hid the scissors behind her and smiled with guiltiness.
My 2yo is obsessed with the scissors. She will seek them out whenever she can. I have a feeling she’ll be testing those bad boys out on her own hair one day too. There’s no way to stop it is there?
My daughter cut her own hair when she was 4. All the way around, too. And then she saw it in the mirror, and we both cried.
I guess this is the only way they learn?
If Theo cuts chunks of his own hair, we get the shavers out and it’ll be gonzo.
Awwww she’s a cutie. How can mom resist! Lol