Rainy Day - Hair today gone tomorrow...

     It is a rainy day in Connecticut, the kids are in bed and my Wife is off to do some errands and hit the gym. I could be sleeping... but why mess with a good trend!
     My first daughter, C, is a thumb sucker. But, worse than that, she is a hair twirler. When she was younger, this was actually cute! As she got sleepy the thumb went into the mouth and the other hand went up into the hair for twirling. We used this as an indicator... sleepiness indicator, sickness indicator and uneasiness indicator. She had (notice the tense and you can see where this is going) shiny, long, blond, slightly curly hair. It was gorgeous.
     Now C is 2 3/4 years old. She is becoming an atheletic young girl...running, jumping, rolling and dancing. Unfortunately, with this athleticism she has become stronger and more capable of twirling her hair with such force that she either creates dreadlocks or tears it completely! This has only started happening over the last few months. It is amazing the effect this is having on her hair. Last week some people at the barn were asking if C had gotten her hands on a pair of scissors because her hair was all different lengths! I have attached progression of pictures to this blog so you can see what has happened!
     The progression ends with her haircut yesterday! I will attach that picture at the bottom. It was pretty traumatic for my Wife, but I think she looks cute! Ah, well. Hopefully the lack of hair will give her the chance she needs to forget about the twirling addiction and move on to something even more destructive!