Crazy hair...

Just over a week ago Lola decided to cut off all her hair.  It was a Saturday morning…I had just returned from a run; Ryan was in the kitchen cooking.  Lola was at the dining room table coloring and cutting paper with scissors.  She used her scissors all the time, with no problems.  She hadn’t tried to cut anything else besides paper until that point.  I was talking to Ryan in the kitchen while Luca was eating a snack.  Next things we knew, Lola walks up to us.  I looked at her and at first thought she wet her hair down and slicked it back…but then realized that it was just gone.  Her bangs were chopped off.  I freaked out and she started crying.  Her hair was in a braid and I started unbraiding it and chunks just started falling out.  All that was left was one long piece in back.  I was hyperventilating at this point.  Looking back it is funny, but it wasn’t funny at the time.  I ran upstairs and called my mom.  I could tell she was trying not to laugh but I wasn’t laughing at that point.  I cut the remaining long piece off of Lola’s hair and we are now just waiting for it to grow.  Of course we were planning to have our first family picture the 1^st week of July with my parents and my brother and sister-in-law.  A few weeks ago I had planned on calling the place where I get my hair cut to schedule a trim for Lola since her hair was starting to get scraggly.  It’s interesting though because her new ‘pixie in front’ haircut somewhat suits her personality…she is bohemian in a lot of ways.  She dresses the way she wants to dress.  Very rarely does she ever wear clothes at home (i.e. shorts and a shirt).  She is usually wearing one of her swimsuits, a princess dress, or one of my outfits to play dress up.  It is usually pretty cute, except when we need to go somewhere or it’s a school day and we have to bribe her to actually put real clothes on.  The second she gets home they are on the floor by the back door and she has something else on.  Maybe she is going to be an actress??

Right after she cut her hair...eating lunch.  She was not happy
because I was not happy. 

I wet her hair down to trim the back. 

She put on my swimming suit and swim cap
and wore this for half of the day until she got
bored and put something else on

One of her own swimsuits and a cap Ryan just wore
 for a race.  If you are wondering why she is drinking a
huge chocolate milk it was a treat and she was only
allowed to drink 1/2 of it. 

This is technically a swimming suit, but
 we were going somewhere so I made her put
on leggings underneath.  Compromise. 

One of 5 princess dresses that we own thanks to
my sister-in-law Dana donating them to us! 

I had to add a picture of Luca in here somewhere.  The recepient
of a craft project Lola was working on.  Lola was using a kit with stickers
one minute, and the next minute this is what I found.  At least she knows
the proper placement of eyebrows!