It might be hard to see in the picture above, but Maddy cut her own hair last night. Just look at all the hair in her hands!
She and Gwen know to stay away from scissors but they got to play with kid's scissors for the first time when we visited a day care center yesterday. I guess Maddy thought that qualified her to use Mommy's scissors here at home. She came out of the bathroom with a hand full of hair and a huge smile. She was very proud of herself!
She cut off massive amounts of her hair -- all the way to the scalp. Her hair was thin before this and it was comically thin afterward. So we took a trip to the beauty shop to see if they could do anything to minimize the damage. The result is pretty cute! We'll have to keep this hair style until all the cut spots grow back in. Hopefully by Kindergarten!
Oh my gosh--just in time for those holiday portraits! Looks kind of like the haircut Evro gave Emilia when I was in the hospital last month:) The beauty shop did a great job. She's still a cutie pie.
Happy Thanksgiving!
--Marilyn
Posted by: Marilyn | November 21, 2007 at 09:33 PM
LOL!! That is so funny (i'm sure it wasn't at the time though). Kalie did that when she was small too and cut all the hair off all her dolls! I hope you and your family have a very happy Thanksgiving! Love ya, Jana
Posted by: Jana | November 21, 2007 at 10:58 PM
Oh my I remember those days! She sure looks cute though!
Posted by: Lynn | November 22, 2007 at 06:51 AM
She still looks absolutely adorable! Rachel did the same thing last fall... and cut from that same spot, too.
Posted by: Anne | November 22, 2007 at 04:02 PM
She looks so cute Donna. I remember doing the same to my little sister. I thought I was the hairdresser. I got punished big time. The cut suits Maddy very well.
Posted by: Yoli | November 22, 2007 at 04:16 PM
There is always a first time. I did this to my mom also but I was 4 years old and it was only my bangs. I really wanted bangs!
She is so pretty that any haircut looks great on her.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Posted by: Becky | November 22, 2007 at 04:19 PM
My brother cut my hair when I was about Maddy's age. It's one of my very first memories. :-) I don't remember either of us getting into a lot of trouble for it. Although, my brother was 7 and should have known better.
Maddy looks very cute and the upside is that sometimes when thin hair gets cut very short when you are young, it sometimes grows back thicker. Gives all the newer hair a chance to catch up.
Posted by: Rachel | November 22, 2007 at 06:46 PM
Kai only managed one clump out of his bangs when he did this almost two years ago.
Sounds like Mommy handled Maddy's cut pretty well. Looks like the beauty shop did a great job.
Posted by: Scott Ocheltree | November 22, 2007 at 11:02 PM
Oh.No.
someday you'll laugh about it, right? right?
Posted by: Lisa | November 23, 2007 at 07:43 AM
Oh my ...LOL. You just have to laugh Donna. And look at it as a right of passage. heh heh
Both of mine did their own hair re-styling too. But Charlotte didn't stop at the hair. She also shredded her clothes. Hah!
Posted by: Shelley | November 23, 2007 at 09:57 AM
Oh my goodness! Miss Maddy!!! (I'm so sorry for giggling- but she is too cute)!
I just love the way you scrap events like this! Such fun memories (even though they may not have been so much fun at the time)!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Shana :)
Posted by: Shana | November 23, 2007 at 05:08 PM
Oh my goodness, I'm not so sure I could have taken a picture of that. Sounds like you handled it very well. thankfully, they were able to "save" the look for awhile as the hair grows back in.
Hope you had a great thanksgiving other than the hair incident.
Posted by: Robin | November 24, 2007 at 11:19 AM
At least it was not the bangs...It looks pretty cute...Ellie cut her bangs, she did a pretty good job.
Posted by: lindaJ | November 24, 2007 at 05:44 PM
My first thought was OMG Look at ALL of that hair!
Then I looked at the picture! So cute!
Not a bad recovery!!
:)
Posted by: Jeff's Place | November 25, 2007 at 10:49 AM
Oh my gosh! I'm sure that was a fun discovery! You poor thing! I am just trying to imagine if Sophia had an inch less hair than she already has. She still has yet to grow anything much past her ears and it is all baby fine! I'm sorry I have been so behind in blogging land. I am checking in, just not commenting much.
Miss ya,
Kat, Colin, Sophia and Keenan
Posted by: Kat and Colin | November 25, 2007 at 06:57 PM
Posted by: Kat and Colin | November 25, 2007 at 06:57 PM
My brother once cut all the whiskers off our family cat. He was an adult. He thought he may be homicidal in waiting. He wasn't/isn't.
This is par for the course with kids though.
I lock up the scissors (and tape and glue and sparkles....ah but you reach the meds no problem!)
Posted by: crazylady | December 19, 2007 at 03:32 PM