A Haircut for Janae

Janae has had a few different hairstyles in her short life. Being born with lots of hair, it seems to have been inevitable!

First there were the wild hairstyles of her baby days:

 

 

Then we tried to do something a little tidier--like pigtails, and finally, ponytails. I normally put the front off to the side in a little ponytail, because if I use a clip she takes it out (and sometimes tries to eat it, too!).

 

 

I guess we were asking for trouble, though, with that tempting little ponytail sticking out of the side of her head.

This morning, while I was putting on make-up, Janae and Ben were playing with a nail kit (nail files, nail clippers, etc.)--I know, what kind of a mom lets her kids play with that kind of stuff? But they were getting along so nicely, and I heard them laughing and having fun in my room as I sat in front of the hall mirror.

Then I thought I'd peek in and see what was so funny. Ben said, "I cut Janae's hair." He said it proudly, as if he'd done something I'd think was wonderful. (I think this is my fault because I was so happy with Jason when he cut Ben's hair, talking about how nice it looked and how much money we'd save.)

At first I thought he had just pretended to cut her hair, but he was holding a little pair of nail scissors--and when I looked at Janae's ponytail, I saw that half of it had been snipped off, close to the elastic band.

I then explained to Ben that he is NEVER to cut anyone's hair again (to which he replied, "Not even my wife's?"). I think he got the message--when he talked to Grandma on the phone later he said, "I accidentally cut Janae's hair, and now it looks terrible!"

So now Janae will have to keep her hair in a ponytail so nobody will see the patch of inch-long hair in the middle of her head.

I know, I know . . . it will grow back :)