Eliza’s First Haircut!

 This past weekend, Eliza got her first haircut! I took her to the salon where I get my haircut...here we go.

This is Haydar, one of the men who cuts my hair. He was so gentle with Eliza and gave her extra special treatment. Kadem and Ebru met us at the salon. They are like a second mother and old sister to Eliza and were excited to be there to watch. 

First he blew out her hair so he could get the knots out of it...she does not like getting her hair brushed at home and accumulates some impressive knots in the back of her head. For her hair cut, I thought about just cleaning up her ends and keeping it long, but I decided to get it all cut to the same length, as the front of her hair.

He chopped about 6 inches off her hair and put it in a ponytail for us to keep. 

Next, Eliza got her hair washed and he gave her a head massage. Without being asked, she shut her eyes, put her little head back, and enjoyed that massage. I wish you could have seen the look on her face, it was pure pleasure.

Ready or the rest of the cut and blow dry!

She looks so much more grown up with short hair! And they made her a ‘my first haircut’ certificate in Turkish. It was very sweet. Next, it was time for a manicure and to finish off her hair - she said she wanted it curly.

So many colors to choose from...can you guess what she chose? Pink!

Eliza getting those curls :).

Turks love kids, it’s really sweet to watch them interact with them so well everywhere you go. And our kids love the attention they get most the time. However,  shortly after this, Eliza jumped out of her chair crying and screamed that she wanted to go home. I was in the middle of a manicure, and she came and sat on my lap for a while and settled down, then got her nails fixed and was happy again. 

Big girl with new haircut and pink nails!

The salon made this sweet video of Eliza. Love our big girl.