A Bit Off

It took much convincing for Zoe to get a haircut.  In fact it was about 2 years ago that we started this brave adventure of haircuts.  We've transitioned from fear and crying, to "mom, when are we going to get my haircut again?!?"  She's all about a little salon time.  She is even talking about going to my place to get her hair done.  Lizzie does my hair and Zoe is fascinated that I go somewhere other than her place.  Granted, I don't particularly fit into the train chair, so my options are a bit limited at Zoe's hair cuttin' place, as she calls it.

Times have changed in the hair cuttin' department, Zoe is eager to go have it done.  While that has changed, the tears, the crying and the struggle to actually comb her hair and keep anything in it that will keep the hair out of her face is a continuing battle.  I got my hair cut a week ago and it was shorter, like 6 inches shorter.  I love it.  Long hair and me have a strained relationship.

Zoe loved my hair.  We chatted about getting her hair cut like mine.  She was all for it.  Inside me a part of me was jumping up and down, screaming, "thank you Lord Jesus for this miracle!" 

The night before the hair cuttin' day, she had a nighttime moment of crying.  She decided she couldn't cut her hair, she couldn't do it AT.ALL!  My internal dialogue switched to, "why God, why?"  We compromised of getting a little cut off to make the brushing easier. 

Zoe is so my child because on the actual hair cuttin' day, she was ready for short hair.  She ponied up and was ready.  When Edith cut her hair before brushing and then the actual brushing wasn't painful, Zoe was all in!

Here's a better picture from our picnic on a gorgeous Sunday:

I'm positive that haircut just aged her 2 years.  She looks so much older and cannot stop shaking her head "no" and feeling the short hair whip around.  She even let me use a hair dryer on it after bath time.  Seriously, in 5 years, technically 3 if you count only years with hair, that has happened 1 other time.  I think she may be more ready for Lizzie than she realizes!