Reid decided to get her hair cut. As I wrote, she has been taking care of her own hair and I left the decision to her. Once it was made, Reid was determined to execute it immediately. We headed to Melonheads, Reid’s preferred salon, with the plan of begging our way into an appointment since they weren’t answering the phone. Sometimes optimism doesn’t get you as far as it could, though.
Reid decided that a “regular” salon would do as long as they would cut her hair immediately. They could, they did and she was pleased with the results. I was disappointed that she didn’t have long enough hair to make another donation to A Child’s Voice Foundation: Angel Hair as she did for the first big cut but forcing her to grow it doesn’t seem in the spirit of charity.
All this hair business has made me nostalgic for Reid’s hair history. I took a walk down memory lane. Have a look…
Reid was born with a crazy amount of hair, especially for the child of a woman who resemble ET as a baby.
Reid first got ponytails when she was just 6 months old.
But she liked having the hair out of her eyes, to be sure.
After many, many, many questions about when Reid would finally get her hair cut – my answer was always “when she is one” – she got her hair cut just before her first birthday.
See those braids! That’s what you get when you only trim your child’s hair for the first four years of her life.
And when her long hair was finally cut, Reid was delighted.
Almost two-and-a-half years later, Reid’s hair was again long and gorgeous. And doomed.
But look at that smile and how polished she looks!
(Confession: I still miss the fancy hairstyles.)