i've come a long way baby

we come from a long line of women
who have slow growing hair
i think i looked like a little boy until i was in middle school
which conjures up very ugly unpleasant memories
in & of itself

anyway
i never understood why my mom
always kept me in a short cut
not until my own girls were trying to grow out their own hair style
did i understand




caroline often talks about wanting long hair
long hair like sissies
i try to explain to her that right now
her cute little hair just won't grow that long
it will one day
just not yet




so we maximize what we've got
& once she actually needed a hair cut
which i think was around 5 years old
stacked bob was the plan






the other day
she told me
"mama, i want to get a new hair cut"
i tried to explain that there wasn't a plethora of options
so she did what any self respecting woman would do
she went to google
& came up with her own idea

she wanted a spikey look in the back

"you know, like kate gosselin's other hair"

&"with bangs"

let me tell ya

we have 5 round faced girls in this home

& bangs are not the way to go

i explained how rockin her stacked bob was

and reminded her we were only weeks away from our

dream trip to the beach

where i've been known to take thousands

yes you heard that right

thousands of photos

she said she'd be disappointed if we did the stacked bob

but that she knew that her stylist & mom knew best

with that sweet attitude going on

i had to do it

we walked in & her stlyist asked what the plan was for today

i let caroline & kylie come up with her new cut

i sat down & let them pick out what would look sweet on a little girl

but maximize her short little hair

i didn't say a word

i even had my own good attitude

the older girls were like mom....you let her pick out her hair cut?

i know

crossover moment for mom

& miss kylie

at $40 a pop

explained that we could have bangs

OR sweep 'em over to the side

she could spike her hair in the back

OR i could still turn it under for that bob look

its not a huge difference

but different enough

& different enough

because little bit was the one calling the shots


i left with one very happy little girl

when we got in the car she told me

"mama, it looks better than i even imagined"

& she gained a little independence

& i was happy for my baby girl

& proud that i really could let it go