Changing It Up

K's hair has always been a fighting point between the two of us.  I like her to brush it, she does not.  It gets knotty and quite messy, and so she protests.  So one morning after asking her to brush her hair, she just said she wanted a hair cut.  Notice that her hair is down to her shoulder blades or so.  Maybe a little past them.                  

This is how she brushes her hair.  There are still a bunch of knots.                                        

I brushed it out right before we started the haircut.  That is some long hair.  Not Rapunzel, but not short.  We went through pictures on the internet before starting, and she wanted a pixie.  That's a huge change.  I didn't want to warn her about any potential regrets, I just didn't want to put any thoughts in her head.  Possibly a mistake.                                    

I googled a step by step instruction, and this is how our initial cuts turned out.  So far, I like it.  I'm no master hair cutter, for sure.  I usually like my initial cuts, but as I work my way up, it gets less awesome.  This was no different.                  

This is the finished cut from the front.  She may actually have made me cut it a wee bit shorter after this one, just to get the hair more out of her eyes.                      

Initially she really loved it.  After a few hours, remorse set in.  She spent the evening very upset about not having long hair any more.  She woke up this morning cheerful again, so I think her short hair is really what she wanted, she just has to adjust to it.  I think if she wants to go shorter, though (she wants spikes or a mohawk or something), we'll have to take her somewhere.  I've gone outside my comfort zone.