So, we had an unexpected haircut...

Yeah. You read right. We had a TOTALLY unexpected haircut this afternoon. Hopefully I've made it an undesirable enough experience to keep it from happening again. This afternoon the three girls were playing in their respective bedrooms. I thought to myself how nicely they were playing and how little arguing, complaining, etc. I had heard for quite awhile. I really thought I was beyond the years of childhood when silence is such a BAD thing, but I was so wrong. Shortly after the 10 minutes of quiet solitude, I was greeted by Boo & Doodle who were very slowly easing their way into the living room. Boo quietly uttered, "We did something kinda interesting to ourselves." Now, that's not a phrase that leaves me feeling confident that nothing bad has happened. In my experience raising these three girls, "interesting" does not ever equal anything good. Interesting is just another way of saying "something you're not gonna like" or some equivalent to that. I asked what they had done to which Boo replied, "Are we gonna get in trouble?" Again, not a response that left me feeling good about the situation. Chances are, if you have to ask that question, you've probably done something worthy of trouble. Remaining calm, I responded, "You're only going to get in trouble if you lie to me." It was then that they informed me that they cut their hair. Thankfully it wasn't immediately obvious where the chopping had taken place, so I was slightly relieved by that. To be honest, I couldn't even tell where Doodle had done her cutting, so I didn't even worry about fixing it. Boo's self-inflicted haircut was a little more obvious, so I had to do some evening up. I wanted to prolong the discomfort of the situation a little so I could be relatively certain it wouldn't happen again. By the time I was done cutting her hair she was tired of standing, so hopefully she'll think twice before doing this again. I also made sure I took a few pictures of the new "do" which further irritated her. I don't think she was thrilled with the prospect of me having pictures of her after such a bad idea. Maybe she'll remember this the next time she decides she's got an "interesting" idea! I had thought in the past few weeks about giving her a little trim because Doodle's hair is so cute at the length it is. Right now Boo's hair is just a little shorter than Doodle's and is awfully cute, even if it was the result of an unexpected haircut. She's got just enough length to get us a really cute, curly ponytail. I have to admit I laughed when I really thought about the situation. I also admit that they saw me laugh...I'm not ashamed. This isn't worthy of getting upset about. It's just one of those things we'll look back on and laugh about in years to come.