Um, yeah....Never Again...

So, has anyone noticed that I haven't posted in like a week?! Other than the birthday shout-out's, mind you... I've been dreading posting about this, but here goes...

Look at sweet little Ava's hair - how long!! That's 2.5 years of pure-d growth right there, folks! As long as it had taken her hair to grow, it was getting kind of yucky looking, so I thought I thought she could use a little trim...

She sure does love those dum-dum suckers :) All ready for her very 1st Haircut!!

Oh, no!! ....What's that?!?! Mom....with scissors?!?!
Run, Ava, Run!!

See, in High School, I cut a few people's hair - ya know, on the side. Like, in History class for instance, I cut my friend Aimee's hair, just trimmed up the ends (yes, with her permission) & gave the sides a few layers. I even had a recurring client, Torasa (help me out here, T, tell them how much you loved having me cut your hair :), who would come over after school & we would set up shop on my parents back porch so I could cut her hair.....mind you it was only as long as the width of my fingers, so it was pretty easy (& had an edge of style, too).... Maybe I should have mentioned all this to Dusty when I said "I think I could just do it myself...." because to him, I was saying "I've done this 1,000's of times, no worries, I'm basically a pro!"...uh, yeah...

Somewhere in all my reminiscing about how wonderful I was at "at-home" hair cutting, I forgot that:

#1 - you have to cut in a fairly straight line, without being extremely blunt when cutting,

and

#2 - if you cut the hair wet, when it dries, it shrinks...

HELLO!!! Did I not read my own post the other day regarding my own hair drama & how I can't stand it when the hairdresser cuts it too short?!?! Needless to say, I have hung up my shears for good & from now on will be paying a professional to handle my child's hair...

Here's a shot capturing the actual damage that I did (yes, she is buttering bread for garlic toast, such a good helper, that girl :). I'm just glad she's only 2.5 & couldn't care less about her hair...give her until next summer, I'm sure, & then she'll have an opinion about it. At least I made this mistake once, while she has no idea, and have learned that I am just not quite the hairdresser I thought I was... she will be wearing lots of pink in the coming weeks, until it grows out a little more.

Good thing we have a plethora of large, over sized hair bows, too...

Um, yeah....Never again....