Alexa's Hair Cut

Alexa had decided that she wanted her hair cut shorter. I was glad (given her last cutting attempt) that she didn't take matters into her own hands instead asking me to take her to the hair dresser. I wanted to make sure she was really sure she wanted it cut and had her wait a couple of weeks and really think about it. She decided she was sure, so today we made the appointment to get it cut. These are the before pictures.

Alexa has only had the back of her hair trimmed once in her life and just a half an inch.

She was so excited she giggled the whole way through the cut.

The new look! She was rewarded for her great behavior with a balloon and lollipop. The pictures looked so familiar to me I dug back through some files and sure enough... here was Chloe at age four just after she got all her hair cut off.

Look similar? Both of them had enough to donate to locks of love.

Things that Make Mommy Cry.. and Laugh

I wanted to call this post things that make Mommy cry. Chloe was adamant that we add the laugh part. I think my reaction was too painful for them. After all it has taken me an entire day to even be able to photograph and write about it. You see the girls came home from visiting their dad yesterday. They climbed out of the truck looking like this... 

Well, minus those sad faces. They were smiling. Up until the point that I said, "What happened to your hair?!" Apparently they got up one morning and decided they were bored so they cut their hair. Being that it was very uneven their dad decided to fix it. Thus, they now look like this. Needless to say I was near tears. I sat on the couch with them stammering things like, "Why would you do this? Oh my beautiful babies." and best of all, "Oh my God school starts in two weeks!" Alexa felt so ashamed she couldn't even lift her head out of my lap to look at me. They both kept telling me how sorry they were and that they wouldn't do it again.

I immediately began trying to figure out a way to fix it. Some way to send them out in the world and off to school without hair extending all of a half an inch on the front of their heads. So yesterday when we were out finishing up the back to school shopping we bought headbands. Nice, colorful, wide stretchy head bands.

Better. Of course each time they take them off and look at me Alexa says, "Don't cry OK Mommy?" I am trying... I really am.

Hair Drying

I had to purchase a new hair dryer today. My old one keeps turning itself off in the middle of use. That wouldn’t be a huge problem if it didn’t take about 15- 20 minutes to let you turn it back on. That kind of time I just don’t have when getting ready for work.


I was a little amazed at all the features they put on hair dryers. I just really just need it to, you know, blow out hot hair. You can get a lot of features that I am not even sure what all of them are for. I picked out the simplest, least expensive model. It still had a lot of extras. Things like tourmaline technology, cool shot button, and a hinged filter which it says makes the cleaning easier. I didn’t actually know I was suppose to clean the hair dryer and am now thinking this may have been the reason for the other one’s demise.

It also has Ionic Technology which is promises complete ionic coverage to give me less frizz. Now this I can use. I have hair that likes to explode into some kind of giant puff ball on any given day. I though this might hold some promise until I got home and discover that the hair dryer I already had was also built with this technology. Disappointing to say the least.

I also noticed on the paper work included with the dryer that there is a Haircare Hotline I can call should I need to. Now I must say this I found amusing to no end. What exactly do you call the Haircare Hotline for? The name hotline seems to indicate some type of emergency situation. Do these things come up often? I have never encountered one. Have other people? Am I tempting fate by even bringing it up? And who is working the Haircare Hotline? What qualifications do they have to be handling these emergencies? Can we be sure that they are a professional? Is this a 24/7 kind of thing or only 9-5. I mean 9-5 most people are already at work and the hair problem is already out there for everyone to see. It would seem that you would need to have operators on during peak hair styling hours to catch those emergencies. It could just be me though.

At any rate I will be sure to keep you posted as to how my new technology works for me. I do think that I will pass on the Haircare Hotline and stick to my beloved hair dresser who takes such good care of me. However, if any one wants the number I can pass it on to you.