No More Rapunzel.....

Ellie has beautiful hair. I often call her "Rapunzel" as it has gotten SO long and it is SO thick...

However, recently, it has become SO hot and most days, she is found with it pulled back in a pony tail, like the above pictures of her in the striped shirt.

Last summer, Ellie's friend Bree donated her hair to Locks of Love...and immediately Ellie wanted to do it. We (!) were not ready to do this, nor was Ellie's hair really long enough to cut the 10 inch minimum off of it. We kept putting it off...with the goal of Labor Day Weekend 2009.

Then Andy and I got cold feet--remember...the hair is just beautiful and long....yet Ellie wanted it cut. We slowly realized that it was OUR desire to keep it long and if she was going to try swim team, it would most likely become problematic with it's thickness, length etc etc.

This morning...Ellie told me that it made her feel like she was going to faint everytime I fixed her hair, with the pulling/combing/braiding etc. :) You can imagine our thoughts over this statement because...

Today, we surprised Ellie with a haircut....she was so excited! The stylist said that she's never cut a child's hair in that great of condition or that thick! :) To see "the cut", click here. (For all of you NHCS parents...Ellie wants to surprise her classmates on Tuesday!)

We can hardly believe how 'old' Ellie looks now....and just tonight Ellie admitted that she misses her ponytail!! Looks like Locks of Love just might get 10 more inches from Ellie one day...