Last Thursday Brecklen had a project for preschool. I thought I would let him write out the words and cut and color the whole thing on this own. I gave him the scissors and the crayons to do the project. Brecklen asked me to print something off for him, so I went downstairs to our office (he was upstairs in the kitchen).
I could not get the printer to print. I have no patience for these types of things. I fiddled around, but it still would not print. I had this thought in my head that the kids are being good. It's so quite, maybe I should work on the computer down in the office more often. I am rarely on the computer because as soon as I get on children swarm around me asking when it can be their turn.
I got tired of messing with the printer. I go out to the playroom and I see Hannah. There is hair everywhere!! all over the ground, her pants, It is just falling off in clumps. I run to get the camera. This is what I first see. I all I could think of is: OH MY GOODNESS!! WHAT THE....
I surprise myself because I am so calm. I think when "big" accidents happens I am too stunted to be mad. I am still freaked out, and so sad.
Here are some more pics:
She cut the hair off up to her ear, both sides. She now has la fem-mullett
Yes, she cut that big chunk to the scalp!
another pic. of the fem-mullet
This is most of the hair I collected from around the house
Thank goodness her hair doesn't look too bad in this picture. But don't be fooled. Here's the kids before they went out side to play bubbles in the freezing weather. Hannah spilled two containers of bubbles before coming inside. That's my girl!
Upon further investigation I ask Hannah why she would do this. Her reply : To be a big Princess! (with her beautiful smile that melts your heart. How can I be mad at her?)
So I sit down Brecklen and try to ask him what happened.
Me: Brecklen, what happened?
Breck: I don't know.
Me: You don't know?
At this point I notice that he has hair all over his shirt. I look at his hair and he has Hannah's hair hanging over on his face. I pick off the hair and he knows he's busted.
Me: So you had nothing to do with this?
Breck: I can't remember.
Me: You can't remember?
(I am on the verge of laughing. Now I know I how my parents felt when I lied about something. Do you think I'm stupid?)
Breck: Well, I did cut a TINY little bit. BUT Hannah did the other side (meaning the bad side).
Me: Did you realize that maybe you shouldn't be cutting her hair?
Breck: No answer.
Hannah, Brecklen, and I had a conversation about not cutting hair. Scissors are for paper and only when supervised, not hair.
I am kicking myself because I NEVER leave scissors out unless I'm around.
When I text paged Aric that Hannah cut her hair, his reply was "atleast she didn't cut her ear or nose." Well, he has a point. We are lucky she didn't hurt herself, but did she have to cut her hair? I guess It's a rite of passage when your a kid. I shouldn't talk. I let my younger brother cut my bangs off. Really, my bangs were like a millimeter long, and I was about 8, not 2.
We haven't trimmed her hair yet, Thankfully it looks ok pulled back in a ponytail with lots of barretts. Well, I'm glad I got pictures so I can show her when she's older.
4 comments:
Joy it's short but not as bad as you had mentioned. Also, I could fix that so easy. I could just stack the back a little bit and even it all out and it would be darling. It would be short but very cute on her sweet face. Then it could all grow out evenly. Just let me know. I'd be happy to do it.
I am very impressed how calm you were, and very ashamed to admit that I completely freaked out when Tommy cut Anna's hair. I touched Anna's hair and cried, "No! No! No! No!" Tommy was so upset to see my stress and started to cry. Jeff came in the room to see what happened, and I just pointed to Anna's hair. Jeff placed both hands on Tommy's shoulders and said, "Tommy, for some reason, hair is a really big deal to women." I'm so glad our house has Jeff in it. He knows how to defuse any bomb.
I loved reading your story. I could imagine every second of it, and I smiled at Hannah's response on why she cut her hair and Brecklen's round-about answers to your questions. You're right...How could you be mad at such two cute little kids? You're such a great mom, Joy. I'm always so impressed with your calmness and hope one day it will rub off on me.
Lydia, you make me laugh, because I was crying inside and too stunted to really do anything accept pace around the house to collect all the hair and then call Jen out of desperation. Jen, I'm glad I didn't bring over Hannah right away and had time to calm down. I do want to fix it. Aric means well, but it's been a week, and still hasn't fixed it. I think I just want to blend it in and not cut it off. I'll call ya.Thanks for laughing with me Jen. I must have sounded pretty funny.
this is such a funny story, probably like one of the many times that we all cut each other's hair....she doesn't look that bad, it will grow back, so funny though =)
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