First Haircut

Today was Emily's first haircut. I had been thinking about getting it trimmed for a couple of weeks. I got the prompting I needed after I saw how much hair Emily's cousin Kiya seemed to lose after her first haircut. I knew that it would be better to trim just a little bit off now rather than lose inches if I waited any longer.

I went to a local children's hair cutting salon in Fargo called Lil' Whipper Snippers. I decided to try this place out after a parent at the center very highly recommended the place to me. So, I made Emily her first hair appointment.

I told Emily when I returned to work after my break that Daddy and I would take her to get her haircut after school. Emily has been asking for and wanting a haircut for months now, so she was pretty excited to learn the news.

Here is Emily before we left for her haircut:

A picture of Emily while Lindsay was cutting her hair:

Emily after returning from her haircut:

The experience for me was great. I was allowed to take pictures of this very special first for Emily and we got a lock of Emily's hair that was cut off, a keepsake photo, and a t-shirt that says, "I got my first haircut at Lil' Whipper Snippers."

All in all Emily did really well. She was excited to go get her hair cut and she was very interested in watching her stylist cut her hair. She was a little nervous to sit in the chair, but enjoyed wearing the cape with penguins on it and watching Curious George. Her favorite part was getting a pink sucker at the end of it. I don't think we will have to convince this girl that haircuts are great!