Anna's 1st Haircut (self imposed)

While on a conference call yesterday, I get another call on my other line.  No message.  Then they call again.  No message.  Then they call my work blackberry, which no one has the number to except CDC-folk.  So I answer it thinking it must be work related.  The operator asks if I can take a call, and I said I was on a conference call and could she let me know if it's an emergency.  Alas it was not, so I got the message to call the daycare before I came to pick up Anna.  I'm thinking now, oh God, who did she hit, bite, and all the other reasons the daycare may need to talk to me before I pick her up that are non-emergencies.  But I'm still on my conference call, so I go back to focus on that.
After a couple of minutes, here's the instant message chain:


 Park:  hi you still there?

 me:  yes

 Park:  this should be a good kicker to your day... got a call from Ms. Carol...
             Anna has cut her hair 'pretty short on one side and a little on the other'...
             ummmm.... wasn't sure how to react 

             i see you are wondering how to react as well

 me:  HOLY S**T

 Park:  yep
             she wanted to let us know before you got there
             I don't know the extent
             not sure how the scissors got to her hair without anyone noticing, but they did

 me:  WHAT A DAY

I was too focused on not making Anna feel bad that I forgot to take pictures until we got to the salon.  But these pics are still from before the girl had started the repairs.

Anna's handywork - I mean, she REALLY cut it

In mid repair

Back to ridiculously cute and adorable. 

So she seems to really like it.  There were some moments yesterday when she started to get really upset, like when i had to explain that we had to cut off the rest of her hair and that we couldn't just put it back tomorrow.  She said, "Only boys have short hair" and got sniffly, so I reminded her of all the princesses and fairies with short hair.  Broke my heart.  But like I said, I think she's really happy with it.  We'll see how it goes after she's at school - she's quite sensitive, so if the kids make fun of her, we could be in trouble.

Wish us luck!