Heidi's haircut

I don't think I mentioned yet that I cut Heidi's hair short about a month ago. She had been asking for a short haircut like her friend Avery's for quite a while. I've trimmed her hair a couple of times before, I was a little reluctant to do a short haircut because I was afraid I would mess it up. If you do a short haircut there's not a lot of wiggle room for mistakes. But one day I went temporarily insane and decided to go for it. I was shaking the entire time, and Heidi was giggling with excitement the entire time.

When I was done cutting everything to the right length I checked to make sure both sides were even and realized that one side was shorter than the other, so then I had to try to fix that. Once I was done cutting I pulled the hair away from her head a little and cut the ends at a slant so that they would have a little bit of layering. That's my trick for hiding my mistakes. It's not a perfect haircut, but the mistakes are only really noticeable to me, and it looks darling.

I promise Heidi loves her haircut. In this picture she was pouting because she didn't want her picture taken.

I had to fix a couple of spots the next day.

I have actually really enjoyed her short hair because it's so easy to take care of. It used to be a pain to brush her hair because it would get so tangled and often she would get food in it. Now it just takes a few seconds to brush and there is a lot less crying about it. I still miss her long hair because it was so pretty, but I think for now short hair is a better arrangement for us.