Black Eyes and Pony Tails

Lauren has had an eventful week.  It began Tuesday night with a tumble on the steps at the playground where she caught herself square on the eye.  This is about an hour after the tumble:

This is the next day:

And yesterday it was so bright purple a photo didn't do it justice.  It was finally looking better this morning when she woke up...at least it's not quite as swollen.

In other eventful happenings, I cut Lauren's hair yesterday.  She's been talking about it for a while...she wanted it "short to her shoulders."  I have been pretty hesitant about it, but yesterday after swimming class
Lauren was rather persistent.  I measured her hair and found that she had enough to donate to Locks of Love.  So I did it.

I will admit that I had to fight back some tears and I was shaking so badly that I had to take a break after cutting the ponytail off.  Lauren looks beautiful with short hair, and she is sooooo excited about it.  And, if you look at her from the right side, she looks all grown up with her new haircut and "purple eyeshadow." :)