Wings

This is probably the right time to introduce you guys to my friend Whoozyermama (not pictured at left). Our daughters enjoyed being in dance class together, and I can comfortably swear around WM (all the swears), so it was marvelous having them over for a playdate last night.

We were seated peacefully at the kitchen table, WM and I were. We heard our daughters playing in Chebbles' bedroom, cooperating on some project, and we congratulated ourselves on how advanced our children are. We said things like, "It's good when she can play with someone smart like your daughter," and similarly haughty statements.

Then her daughter (Whoozyerkid, or WK) came skittering out of the bedroom, dancing around while we enjoyed her cuteness... until we noticed something awry with her hair. She suddenly seemed to have a lot of short hairs poking out all over her scalp.

With one brush over her daughter's head, WM pulled off a fistful of cut hair.

"Did you cut your hair?" she asked.
"No... SHE DID," she said, pointing at Chebbles, who emerged from her room with a big grin.

WK has NEVER had a haircut in her life. Well, until she met Chebble Scissorhands.

I was mortified, and amazed that safety scissors could create such havoc.

Later in Chebbles' bedroom, I noticed there was hair all over the floor. Not just WK's brunette hunks, but a great quantity of bright blonde locks as well.

See, they were cooperating SO WELL that they took TURNS cutting each other's hair with the alleged "Only Cuts Paper!" scissors.

I inspected Chebbles further and discovered that my baby now has wings. Her hair is now flying in wisps all over her head. A ponytail (so CUTE last week in last week's dance recital) is now impossible.

My kid looks like Farrah Fawcett. Kind of like an end-of-Burning-Bed Farrah Fawcett, attractive but very disheveled -- wings flapping in the smoky breeze.

I cleaned the hair off the floor last night, then as I brushed her hair this morning, more loose chunks fell into the brush. There really is nothing to be done for it now. We've got to head in for a somewhat drastic haircut. I think you know where this is going: