Long time coming

In December 2012, when I was pregnant with Iddo, I pulled my hair back into a ponytail and had Brett cut off about 14 inches so I could donate it to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. It was my second donation. Since then I’ve had it trimmed once, maybe twice, and it had grown down past my hips.

I love my long hair. But with a toddler who likes to play with it (i.e. tangle it) when it is down, and having to bend down a lot for the babies, it’s been easiest to keep it up in a bun all day, every day. I really don’t think most people realize how long my hair is. Make that was.

Because last night I pulled my hair back into a ponytail and had Brett cut off almost 14 inches so I can donate it. And then Iddo went to the stylist with me to have it evened out. It’s still past my shoulders, so definitely long enough to pull back, but also hopefully short enough that if I do something fun with it the kids won’t be able to make too big of a mess of it. And in another year or so when it’s super long again maybe I’ll be at a point where the kids will leave it alone more often. And if not then I can always donate it again. I probably won’t wait three years before I do it again though.

And, of course, you can’t do a blog post about a hair cut without pictures. So here’s the before and after. Everyone in our house loves the new length.