the rest of the story..

So, after the soccer game and Wye Mountain, and after working 12 hours on Friday night by 4pm Saturday I was EXHAUSTED! and I had to be back at work at 11pm that night.. so off we went so I could "nap". I woke up just in time to jump in the shower and get ready for work at 9pm. I was greeted by my beautiful kids, all excited to see mommy. I jumped in the shower and they continued to play.. for about two minutes... and then I heard it...
Ethan: "MOM! We have a problem!!!" ME: "(sigh) What is it, Ethan?" Ethan: "Scarlett cut her hair!!!" ME: "Scarlett come here!" again, still in the shower and at this point assuming she may have just cut a small piece or one chunk.. but imagine my surprise when I peak out of the shower curtain and this is what I see!... At that point all I could do was cry! Why did she have to do this at 9:30 pm on the Saturday night before Easter!??? I had actually gone to the trouble this year to get EVERYBODY matching colored outfits. I even had something new to wear.. What was I going to do with this???? I cried for awhile and then I had to laugh! What else could you do? Why would a four year old take it upon herself to chop her hair off.. with blunt tip scissors none the less. Sweet hubby picked up all the evidence before I had to see it.. and he did tell me "you didn't need to see that.. it looked like a massacre of hair"! Thanks! I appreciat not having to deal with that.. I was already at melt down point. By Sunday afternoon.. I had trimmed it up a bit and was getting used to the "short do" and she was loving it.. in between asking me "how long until my hair grows back" and prissing around doing the "hair flip" you might see a bit of remorse.. but definitely not ashamed of her hair! She told me it "was cute, just a little bit!". I do think she thought it would grow back immediately.. OOPS! I guess she learned that the hard way! We enjoyed a nice lunch at home and the Easter bunny did stop by, despite me telling her on Saturday night that he would not leave her anything since she cut her hair! I was so tired off and on on Sunday afternoon that it took me a while to get up and moving and hiding Easter eggs for the kids.

So at dusk were were outside hiding eggs for the first time that day! They actually enjoyed the night time egg hunt! I had found this wonderful cookie recipe on another blog that explained the death and resurrection and I was so looking forward to doing that with the kids but the events of Staurday evening got me so off track! So, today is Tuesday but we are going to make these cookies tonight and talk about the death and resurrection in full detail. I hate that I missed that opportunity but I know that Sunday or Tuesday doesn't matter.. it is just the fact they they will hear the story! Here is the link for the cookies: http://stainedglasspickup.blogspot.com/2007/04/resurrection-cookies.html

So, first thing Monday morning we were up and on a mission to get Miss Scarlett's hair cut and fixed and by this time she was very happy with her hair and told me that "she hated bows!".. so that may explain why she cut it off.. thinking she would get out of wearing bows. I had news for her.. I would just buy smaller bows! but she was going to wear bows in her hair! After getting her hair cut I must say I really like it.. it is not the long hair I am used to but somehow this new little bob cut really does suit her and it fits her personality very well. We talked Monday night and we came to a compromise (yes, I try to compromise with a four year old!) that we would grow it out but not near as long.. and she agreed that maybe that would be "OK".
Here are some pics of Scarlett's NEW DO! She is on the phone with her nana telling her about her new hair cut..