Saturday, January 22, 2011

Red Eyes and Haircuts

I heard noise coming from the living room. And laughing. Jackson has a certain laugh when he is doing something particularly naughty, so I knew it was trouble. I entered the room to find Hailey spraying the twins' hair with Fabreeze and brushing it like she was a hair stylist. Aaagh! It's in Jackson's eyes! So I ran upstairs to the tub with Jackson to flush out his eyes. He actually did very well and let me run water over his open eyes without too much complaint. Ok, crisis averted. As I'm coming down the stairs with him I hear (in a hushed voice) "Keep cutting Hailey!" And I see this:
And this:
She did this with kids' safety scissors?!
AAAAAAAAGH!!!!!! I know it could have been a lot worse. She could have cut a huge bald spot on the top of her head. But to me, this looked unsalvagable. She had cut at least 8 inches off her hair. I cried. A lot. She didn't. But she did have this frown on her face from the time I caught her till about an hour after we got home from the barber shop.
She had cut just the right parts to make it impossible to make her not look like a boy when it was done.
We tried putting a clip in to help it look more girlie. It helped a little, but I'm still not happy with it.
I found out later that there was another victim. Jackson had spots that were cut to the scalp right on top (like I said, at least that didn't happen to her!). I had to buzz it very short, and you can still see the bald spots. I guess she was at it before the Fabreeze incident. Maybe the Fabreeze was to throw me off! Needless to say, a certain co-conspirator will be spending the next week Wii-less. I wonder how long it will take me to be able to look at her without tearing up.

5 comments:

Monica said...

The things that kids do but at least her hair will be easier to manage right? I do like it in a little clip to the side, that looks really cute.

Kelsey said...

OH SO SAD! Why do kids do these things?? It makes me crazy! Logan has cut several holes in clothing and his blanket but hasn't gotten to his hair...yet.

Koreena said...

I'm so sorry. :( But I have to say, I do think it's pretty cute with that little clip. And you're right, it could've been SOOO much worse. Love that Ian was egging her on, little sneak. That's something Matty does to Jossy, gets her to do something that he would get in trouble for. Drives me crazy.

tiffunny said...

oh my goodness. when you were telling me about it, i didn't realize she had cut so much of it. You know what though? Now she just looks like Shilo Pitt and they probably spend hundreds of dollars getting her hair cut so short. Give it a few weeks and it will be a cute bob length that can flip up or under. I'm so sorry that you had to deal with that though. I guess it's a rite of passage for most when they have a little girl though.

Leslie Girl said...

WOW girl!!! I thought I had some stories to tell. I think this tops all of mine!