I finally gave in.

Jenalyn has wanted to have her hair cut "just like Alia's" since the beginning of summer. (Alia is a friend from church.) Problem is, I was so very attached to her long hair! So shiny and beautiful! I subscribe to a lot of hair blogs and I love love love fixing her hair. It's one of my favorite pastimes! But, I think she is old enough now that I need to let her find her own style (Within reason. I mean, she also wanted to dye it PINK!)

So I finally set the appointment and she has been counting down the days...with her abacus. The day finally arrived!
I took a ton of "before" pictures - I'll only post one now - she wasn't into it, so she has a goofy, fake smile in all of the pictures.
(*sigh* it's so pretty, right?)

She giggled non-stop while sitting up in the big chair. She was so excited!

The big snip! I might have shed a tear or two. I tried to be brave.

Her...very...last...little-girl-braid...Oh my!

And just like that, it was over:
My baby girl looks all grown up now! Doesn't she? She looks at least 3 years older, I swear! But oooh, I love it. It's so pretty! It lays so nicely and looks so healthy. Looks pretty with a clip too. I can still fix it and play with it, I'm sure. Maybe no more pony tails, but she was getting big for that anyway, right?

After the epic haircut we decided we didn't want to go home yet - so we had a little "mommy-daughter date."

We went shoe shopping (I can cross that off my back-to-school list):
(she also got a really cute pair of black boots.)

And then we went out for ice cream:

Hair salon, shoe shopping, and ice cream. Fun girls' day, right? We thought so!