After Benton gathered the pile up, it was clearly Alana’s hair – a very long section. This turned out to be one of 4 or 5 different piles. There were other piles in her room and Carson’s room. Both Tim and I proceeded to tell her it was not OK for her to cut her hair, at which point she headed up stairs to cry very dramatically.

I am thinking that the commerical for the Barbie Rapunzel Cut and Style she saw on TV and insisted on adding to her birthday list might have had something to do with this. I was just glad that the scissors came out AFTER the neighbor’s daughter headed home. After dinner, I gave all the kids haircuts. After shortening Alana’s hair about 2-3 inches, the missing clumps are a little less noticable. She appears to have some blunt layers in her hair.