kaia’s new cut.
yeah, well, apparently mia is not only interested in cutting her own hair.
as i clean out a cupboard full of herbal tinctures, supplements and homeopathic tablets; making little piles of which to keep, what to pack and what to just toss, my sweetest Leigh, on an outing, probably her longest drive since birthing divine Indie, keeps me in such good company. Humoring me about cleaning and packing. Spreading her light across my caos. Being there. We giggle about something while she holds Indie tight in her the Moby, doing the baby sway. And then we just stop.
We hear a scream, blood curdling, possible blood spilling scream from Kaia. The scream flows into some heavy crying. Leigh runs. I panick.
Everythings okay.
Silence.
Mia cut Kaia’s hair.
Shit. Mia. SHIT.
Kaia, luckily her beauty is deeper than the middle of the ocean. Her two perfect pig tails, at least 3 inches long, where gone. Her bangs snipped to the root. Mia did a number on her. Kaia was rather upset, seeing this was the first time anyone had ever taken sharp objects to her virgin 2 year old hair. Poor, poor girl. We owe her big. We also found strands of Sula color mixed in with Kaia’s pile on the floor…luckily Sula is curly and the chops aren’t as obvious.
All scissors are now just a memory*
I find out later that Kaia’s dear dad once told Leigh: please, whatever you do, please don’t ever cut Kaia’s hair.
In zen teachings, letting go of the hair is like letting go attachment to vanity. Well, Mia and Kaia are a pair of divas…no doubt.
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*disclaimer: we do not keep sharp scissors laying around. mia found bill’s beard trimming scissors in his bathroom last night, a door which is usually locked/latched, but with all the work we have been doing in the house, he left the door open and she wandered in there. As for today with the scissors she found to HACK Kaia’s hair…Bill was opening up packages of fixtures for the other bathroom with them and apparently left them out on the counter. The girls wandered down the hall to the bathroom for the 2 minutes we stopped watching them like hawks (:-) and spotted them up there immediately. So basically, both hair-hack jobs end up being Bill’s fault. Blame him.
Oh, I am laughing. I have to admit it. I did the same thing, to myself and then to my four-year-old BFF.
Oh, sweet girls. All of you.
Comment by sweetsalty kate — July 18, 2007 @ 3:20 am
I hope you can forgive me, but I’m laughing so hard I’m crying.
Comment by Jane — July 18, 2007 @ 3:23 am
I know, I know…we were laughing too (after I had a little tear drop from my eye). Jason was sad, but handled it better than I expected. Later at home, whie Kaia was in her high chair and I was silently stroking her newly cropped hair, she patted her head and said “Mia cut hair”. Oh well, my little fine-tangly-haired girl will look much more chic with a short do’ anyways.
Thanks for telling the story, MB.
Comment by Leigh — July 18, 2007 @ 3:41 am
Oh my goodness! I don’t think there’s anything to do BUT laugh in a situation like this, lol.
Comment by gearhead mama — July 18, 2007 @ 3:44 am
leigh, you are too sweet and a good sport. i hope it turns into something special, like a bond between them…maybe???
thank ya’ll for understanding. we love so much.
mb
Comment by misplacedmama — July 18, 2007 @ 3:46 am
I will NOT be bringing Girl Thing over!!!
Comment by Doulala — July 18, 2007 @ 4:16 am
Well, at least it was another child. My ex had a little boy and they were waiting to cut his hair until he was four and had talked about it and it was going to be a big ritual for them. This was before we had met. He picked him up from a babysitter one day, to find that his hair had been cut SHORT. She took it upon herself to do them a “favor” by cutting his hair.
I would have gotten myself arrested.
Comment by Heather — July 18, 2007 @ 6:06 am
Oh, and I did that to myself too. But not when I was four. I was ELEVEN! and had to deal with the consequences of my impulsiveness in JUNIOR HIGH. God that sucked.
Comment by Heather — July 18, 2007 @ 6:07 am
Holy shit, this is funny.
I mean, it is sad and horrible funny, but funny all the same.
I too cut my my sister’s hair when we were kids. A rite of passage in its own way.
Comment by writermommy — July 18, 2007 @ 1:31 pm
I’m with “Do You La La?”
Ms. Edwina Scissorhands is not allowed to play with my Diva Grrrls! Well, maybe if they can’t start combing their own hair.
I’d go with dread locks for Mia & Kaia…
Comment by Karen — July 18, 2007 @ 8:22 pm
Oh my goodness, the stories, the stories! You are true friends indeed, and your girls, one day, will just love these precious photos. I feel like it’s a girl’s right of passage or something, cutting one’s own hair. It seems to happen to everyone I know! They are still cuties, completely and utterly
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Comment by Joanna — July 19, 2007 @ 2:32 am
Karen, until I figure out what that means, no I don’t “La La”!
Comment by Doulala — July 19, 2007 @ 6:33 am
Oh no! Natalie did this at 3. Guy was most upset at all, practically crying (though he’ll deny it now): “Her curls! Her beautiful curls!” I cried in retelling the story to my girlfriends. Her curls never did come back as they were. Sigh. But you gotta love it because this is SUCH A KID THING TO DO. I’ve heard so many stories. It’s universal, really. And you’re right, Kaia is so gorgeous, a toddler cut doesn’t faze her beauty.
Comment by Ninotchka — July 19, 2007 @ 10:57 pm
Oh, “Do You,” you DO to and you know it!
Comment by Karen — July 20, 2007 @ 5:06 am
aw, (((HUGS))) to poor Kaia, and Jason! I’m glad they weren’t too upset by it. I have to agree with all the pp, it is kinda funny.
Will she tackle your head as you sleep, next?
Comment by Melinda — July 20, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
oh my goodness. this is so funny and sweet and sad all at once. i’m glad you are all handling it so well. i do think kaia looks great w/ her new shorter ‘do. perhaps miss mia has a calling.
p.s. love that 2nd picture w/ mia in the background pushing kaia into the picture.
Comment by amygeekgrl — July 22, 2007 @ 4:14 am