She has... a mullet

Olivia does not like to have her hair touched. She will agree to pony-tails, but only after giant crocodile tears have fallen. So when she got out of the bath, curled up in my lap, and let me pull on her hair - I was stunned. Obviously Olivia's hair is curly, but it's just baby curls. Her hair has never really been cut, and we know once we do, her hair will be straight. So I'm putting it off.

But while I was pulling on her hair (seeing if I could get it to dry straighter then the springy curls she gets straight out of the bath) I had the notion to try to use a straightener on it. Got the straightener hooked up in the study (where we were watching tv), got Olivia back up on my lap, and started straightening. After two swipes, Olivia was trying to get down, but once I told her it was making her hair nice and shiny, she stayed put. Child of my own heart... we love some shiny hair.

If her hair were all one length, I'd love it. But it's not. So it's a mullet. I cut Claires hair in the first place to avoid mullets. Thankfully, a little misting of water in the morning, and the curls will be right back.

Claire got a haircut!

I think every mom struggles when it comes time to have their childs first haircut. Or maybe I just do, since my kids were baldies. But in any case, Claire was getting quite.... mullet-like. Very Joe Dirt. So we got her hair cut today. And even though I'm not caught up on the 365 on here (again) I'm going to show today's anyways, because its awesome.

We went to a place called Cookie Cutters. If you have small children, and have one near you, it is so worth it to use them! Cool chairs, televisions at every chair, and a treehouse in the waiting room. Definetly a kids dream! Claire picked the 'hairplane' chair. Her hairdresser proceeded to spray Claire down.

And then she got out the scissors, and I got the best picture ever. Keep in mind, Claire is silent. No yelling, no crying, no screaming (ever the whole time!) but when she gets surprised or excited by something, she drops her mouth open real big. I think the cold scissors on her neck had surprised her.

236 of 365: ITS COLD!


But she went on the rest of the haircut pretty uneventfully. Olivia played in the treehouse, and Claire just happily sat and watched Go Diego Go!




She even let the lady blowdry her hair! Maybe Claire is more of a prissy girl then we give her credit for (Olivia of course hid in the treehouse the second the blowdryer came on)


And she's all done! Pretty little lady... no more Joe Dirt!