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It was for me, anyway. Josie didn’t seem to mind at all. I’ve been considering the dilemma of whether to cut her bangs or not for quite a while. She looks so cute with her hair in a fountain or piggy tails, which keeps her bangs out of her face. However, she won’t leave them in. That means her hair is in her face so she can’t see clearly and it gets in her mouth when she’s eating. With a lot of encouragement from my mom and Steve, we had an appointment at “Grammy’s Spa and Salon” (that would be my parents’ house). Here is a before picture with her hair down:

And here is a picture during the trimming process:

And here is the final product:

There were a few tears afterwards, mostly on my part. Ok, all of the tears were mine. It’s a big deal for a girl to have her hair cut for the first time. I have to say, I think her new bangs are quite cute. They sure did take a lot of getting used to, though. Who would think that trimming her bangs would make her look so different? It certainly made doing her hair a lot easier today. I think she really appreciates being able to see clearly, too!

This is the battle I’ve been fighting for a couple months now. Ever since Josie figured out that she could reach up and pull rubber bands or hair clips out, she won’t leave them alone. This was my final attempt to keep them in. I tried putting hair clips directly over the rubber bands, hoping they would be too difficult to pull out and she’d give up. She worked at it for a bit at first and then gave up. I was so hopeful! But she went back to them a little bit later and managed to pull and pull until they came out. Here she is before pulling:

And here she is mid-pull:

And the final, askew product:

I guess I forgot to take a final, piggy tails out, picture. But you can see how long her bangs are in the picture in the next post.