I would NEVER let this happen

.......or so I thought. I have always heard the stories other moms have told where a certain child takes a swipe at some scissors and then massacres part of their hair. I always have told myself that I would keep all scissors away from children and that I would watch my kids close enough that it would never happen in my home.

Apparently I was sadly mistaken. I have also always told myself that hair is the one thing that grows back and that I would let my kids choose any sort of haircut without emotions coming into play. Again, I was mistaken.

And I also try to never lose my temper with my sweet kids and normally do a fairly decent job at this, no MATTER what they do. For a third time. I was mistaken.

Unfortunately, Miss M DID get her hands on a pair of scissors and DID massacre a big chunk of hair on the left side of her head, I DID start sobbing as I had to cut her hair SHORT and I DID lose my temper with her---which was immediately followed by me spending a good deal of time reassuring Maddie that she was still loved and everything WOULD be okay.

I tried to get a reason out of her, as to why she would cut off her beautiful blonde hair. She kept telling me through tears that she didn't know it would cut so short. She literally has a huge chunk that is maybe 2 inches long at most.

One positive to this whole mess: she managed to crop her hair right next to/behind her left ear, so at least I can sort of flop her hair over that spot. And I guess another positive: she waited until after her birthday party to cut her hair. Now it is on to short hairdos and mainly hair down to cover the butch job.

After all...hair does EVENTUALLY grow back....right?