Bangs!

Do you ever have the feeling that you want something & you simply can't keep inhaling, exhaling if you don't get it, like RIGHT NOW?! Well, I remember having that feeling & pestering my poor mother until she cut my hair. It was seriously like I needed change, and would burst if I had to wait.

M had a similar experience yesterday. Suddenly, she informed me she wanted bangs.

"Ok. Anjee is coming over on Thursday. We'll have her cut some." I was proud that I was completely letting her choose. "Can't you cut them? Today?!" I explained bangs were tricky & I wasn't sure I could do them right. She might hate them & I didn't want her to be mad at me.

She had complete confidence in me, so I tried, and luckily for us, I've cut bangs so bad so many times before that now I know exactly what NOT to do! They turned out darling, if I say so myself!

Well, monkey see money do,

so C had to get her bangs cut. I tried to explain her face was a little different and I didn't think she'd like them. That was fruitless & in vain!

So, she got bangs, too. She said, "Thanks, Mom!" Went right upstairs and clipped them out of the way.

I learned children like it when you let them make their own choices. I'm still cautious about which choices I give full reign on while they are so young. I also try to explain all the possibilities to M before she chooses so she won't be as disappointed if it doesn't turn out exactly as she wants it to. That seems to help her not get really mad if she hates her choice, after it's too late.