Oh, the horror…

When you walk into your child’s bedroom, the last thing you want to see is this:

Followed by this:

And piles of this:

As you might imagine, there was some finger-pointing going on afterward. Nathan was the one who gave her the scissors. I am the one who keeps telling Autumn I’m going to get her hair cut if she doesn’t stop struggling every time I try to brush it. Neither of us were in the room when she did this. Obviously.

As far as hack jobs go, this one wasn’t so bad. Once we brushed the hair out and assessed the damage, it was apparent she only took the scissors to the front.

There is this goofy little sideburn she created on the right side of her head. We can tuck that behind the ear.

As you can see, we have some layering going on now. Even though this doesn’t look as horrific as I thought it would, a visit to the salon might be prudent just to clean things up.

Here’s what was cut off:

It looks like a lot, doesn’t it? At least the damage was minimal and we don’t have to send our kid out into the world looking like this:

Oh, and the hair isn’t the only thing she cut.

The scissors have been put away.

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