Haircuts

Yesterday evening, sometime after dinner, I told Camri to take a shower so that I could cut her hair. "Cut? Or trim?" she asked with an alarmed sound in her voice. We had talked about her needing a trim a few weeks ago. I told her it was just a trim. Vanessa hopped up and ran to the shower too and asked if I could give her a half-cut/half-trim. What the heck does that mean? I think she wanted a trim with maybe a little more than normal taken off. For anyone reading this, I don't actually know how to cut hair. I'm sure it's uneven when I'm done, but who's going to follow them around measuring? This isn't the first time I've cut their hair either. So anyway, I get done with Vanessa and it's Camri's turn. Okay, I'm not sure what took over me. I just couldn't help myself. All of that dead old hair was taunting me to give it a whack. So instead of cutting just a few inches, I cut about 5 or 6. Okay, more towards 6. Well, she also has Jeremy's hair which gets pretty wavy as it dries. So when it was all dry, I thought, uh-oh. Well honestly, one part of me was thinking uh-oh, while the other part was rubbing my hands together and laughing evily. Is "evily" a word? So we go to the bathroom and as I'm showing Vanessa a few different things she can do to her hair, Camri has a serious look on her face and pursed lips. "What's wrong Camri?" "Well, I just didn't want this much cut from my hair. I like it really long and now it's not. " So I told her to hold on while I was finishing Vanessa up and when I went to ask her if she wanted me to blow it dry, she had tears welling up. At this point, I'm feeling the guilt set in. Rats! So I blew it dry and straightened it for her. Ah, the power of the Chi! That did add some length, as anyone who's ever straightened their hair would know. Well, I got done with her and showed her a few different hairstyles that she could do with it and by the time I left the bathroom, she was flipping around bangs and checking herself out like she was on America's Next Top Model. Whew! Got myself out of that one. As she's leaving the bathroom she tells me that this is how most of the kids at school like her hair...down and straightened. Apparently a vote was taken. That's how she left for school this morning. When she walked through the door again, it was in a ponytail. Surprise!

Also, Jeremy picked her up from school early for an eye appointment. She is now the proud wearer of contacts. Yay! She's been waiting for these for a while. We figured that summer was a good time for her to get used to them and she is starting middle school in the fall. She looks great in them too. She has those big beautiful brown eyes and long long eyelashes that were never appreciated behind glasses. I hope she takes good care of them...