the hair!

last week tania wanted her hair cut. 

and when i say cut.. i mean more like.. chopped. 

she had been growing her hair out for around a year and never said a word about it to anyone.

 the whole time she was doing it, she had a motive. not to have long beautiful hair, but to be able to cut it and donate it to locks of love. 

and that is just how she is. she has a wonderful heart and loves to help other people. she also loves to stay in the background and go unrecognized even when she does a good deed. i love that about her. so many of our kids will do something helpful for someone or do a good deed, but then they are quick to tell everyone how good they are because of their deeds. 

not tania. she has a great deal of self-less-ness (if that's a word...) she does it simply because she wants to help. she doesn't do it for the attention. not for the praise. because it's in her heart. <3 Lord, keep her heart that way. and make ours the same. 

so karla sharpened the scissors, and the adventure started...

 she was still smiling at this point..

 look at that beautiful hair! AND IT'S THICK!!

 apparently jaqui wasn't quite sure about the situation right here...

 or here... lol

 we had to make like 7 or 8 ponytails to cut off because it was so thick my awesome scissors wouldn't cut through it! (note for the christmas lists: left handed hair cutting scissors from sallys!!!)

 yaneli wasn't feeling too good about the situation either... seems to be a running theme here, wouldn't you say? :-]

 still scared...

 and then i cut it off! 

 a few of the ponytails...

 she was scared when she realized just how short it was going to be. 10" is a loooooooong ponytail to cut off, that's for sure.

 then everyone had to play with it... a gotee i guess...?

 first view in the mirror... almost tears... and then all smiles after wards!

 karla taking pictures of herself.

 hair extensions

 karla kissing yane

she put her hair up so you couldn't see it, but it was ADORABLE! and she ended up being very happy with it, although it was quite an adjustment. i'm just glad she didn't actually cry. i would have felt HORRIBLE if she regretted it. i told her i was so happy she was willing to do something like donate it to locks of love because some lady like my mom who has cancer would be able to have gorgeous hair because she was willing. :-]