Adelaida's first haircut

A few days after Adelaida's third birthday, she had her first haircut.


I cut Dale's hair regularly, so we made a big deal out of Dale getting a haircut and told Adelaida that she could get a haircut too if she wanted. She wanted Dale to go first, so he sat down in the chair, I draped the towel around his shoulders, -- and suddenly Adelaida wanted it to be her turn!

So I sat Adelaida down in the barstool and handed the camera to Dale . My intention was to cut about one inch off. Since her hair has never been cut before, it was pretty scraggly at the bottom and I wanted to even it up. Of course, she was very squirmy and I'm not a great hairstylist, so when I was done with the first set of cuts, I had to take another half inch off to make it somewhat even.


Her hair is still not perfectly straight, but it is so much better than it used to be! Just getting rid of her scraggly ends was a great benefit. And despite cutting about an inch and a half off, her hair is still pretty long. I'm not sure when we'll cut it again, but we probably won't wait another three years!