A haircut...FINALLY!

Emily FINALLY got a desperately needed haircut today.  We made an attempt 2 weeks ago, but after taking 10 minutes to make it into the salon, 5 minutes hiding underneath the waiting chairs and another 10 minutes pouting/tantruming in the entryway, I decided to just leave and try again later rather than causing an even bigger fuss in front of six ladies.  Luckily, it's my old neighbor, and she has two little kids of her own, so she totally understood.  There were some con-ta-quences for her behavior that day, but as an added incentive, I have been withholding her new sandbox sand ever since.  It has been sitting in bags in the sandbox waiting for her to get her haircut.  That did the trick (along with an hour nap in the van while running errands in Waterloo and pumping her full of snacks & lemonade).  She sat perfectly still like a little angel the whole time.  She even willingly wore a cape.  Since she was sitting there so nice I had my neighbor whack it off pretty short.  I also decided to go through the painful process of growing her bangs back out, so there will be some more bad hair days in the future. :op  Below are pictures of her finally enjoying her sandbox and a better shot of her new haircut after it was washed.