a shortcut

for weeks now (or months, really) when our nightly hair combing sessions ended in tears (99.9% of them) i've been asking luci if she wanted to get her hair cut short...because then it wouldn't get so tangled and would be easier to comb. sometimes she said yes, sometimes she said no. i had no idea if she comprehended what i was asking.

then one night not long ago during one particularly rough combing session she told me she said, "i want a shortcut". i thought it was code for something her dad had done at some point during a combing session to make it easier. i said, "a shortcut? what shortcut?" and she said, "a no tangles shortcut."

well said, my pea.

so she was in.

but her dad ALWAYS said no.

until the other night.

so i did not dally. yesterday after dad left work we went to two different salons (the first didn't have any openings for a few hours) and got ourselves a 'shortcut'.

the stylist's eyes got huge when i told her i wanted it chin length. "no long hair?" she asked. "nope." i replied. i thought luci might freak when the hair started to fall, but she didn't. she saved the freaking out for when she couldn't see me or when the stylist tried to position her head just so. luckily it wasn't anything a lollipop, an episode of dora & a promise of ice cream couldn't solve.

as promised we then had frozen yogurt at a place where you can pick the toppings yourself...she was happy as a clam. later while she was washing her hands she looked in the mirror and definitely looked surprised to see herself, but didn't say anything. then tonight getting out of the bathtub she said, "i want it all around" (in reference to her hair being all over her face...just the way she likes it) and started to whine. so being the smart mama i am quickly said, "let's comb it & see how nice it is!" sure enough combing took no time at all she was once again thrilled with her 'shortcut'.

before...modeling her new dress from grandma & grandpa pierse's good friends the guerra family...

i'll admit...when i see her hair full of volume (achieved only by bouncing on a trampoline) i think it looks gorgeous. but then i remember that it usually looked stringy as in the above photo...

and the after...

("look mom! i made of a pile of papers!"...why yes...yes you did.)

i think she looks older with it short?