The Truth Behind Sydney's Short Hair

Just when we were celebrating that braids were now an option, Sydney threw caution to the wind and cut her own hair with her craft scissors. Note the pile of hair in her hand and her resultant mullet. She clearly hasn't seen herself in the mirror at the time this photo was taken, or she would've wiped that slight smirk off her face. That's okay, I made her pose for posterity and I'll be the one smirking when I get to show her teenage friends.

It all happened while I was out to the store and Brian was doing the dishes with his back to Sydney, listening to one of her typical monologues. Ironically, this one was about how "girls have long hair, and boys have short hair." He turned around to find a pile of hair and scissors on the floor under the desk. After inquiring about where the hair came from, Sydney quickly lied, "I dunno. It was just on the floor."

She would not fess up, so she was sent to time out and was told she could leave when she told Daddy where the hair came from. Surprisingly, he really was not sure if it was hers or a dolls' hair. After 15 minutes in time out and no truth, he checked on her one more time to find her curled up on the bottom step asleep, so he moved her upstairs for a nap.

When I came home Sydney was still napping, and Brian pointed out the hair and scissors still at the scene of the crime. I checked her blond doll and its hair was intact. I ran back to her hair, picked it up to feel it, and my voice escalated, "This is HER hair!"

Just then Sydney strolled in from her nap and upon first sight of her crazy hair, I abandoned the "where did this hair come from" approach and went straight to the "I know you cut your hair and don't lie to me" approach! We remedied the mullet the next day at the salon by chopping off the back to even it up for a classic bowl cut--the lesser of two evils. I just hope she learned that day a) what the truth is and b) not to cut her hair again! Oh...and c) that girls can have long or short hair!