The Intruders!

As soon as we got to South Carolina (our "in between" house) I noticed my head was really itchy.  Well what do you know, Kennedy and I had gotten lice!  Grrrr!  I was mortified!  I don't know where it came from but I knew I had it and had to get rid of it before anyone else got it.  Well, it spreads like wildfire so right away the other kids got it too!  For those of you who have been fortunate to not experience this (but I know a few of you have!) let me just say that it is the BIGGEST pain in the a$$ to deal with and it literally consumes your whole day!  Also, do you know how difficult it is to get a 3 year old and 18 month old to sit still?!?  It's virtually impossible unless you sedate them, which I did not do.  The lice were pretty easy to get rid of, that was not the problem it's the nits, those pesky eggs which are literally glued to your hair. After doing daily online research I found that there are hundreds of remedies for lice/nit removal and treatment, but only a few are legitimate. I found that "washing" your hair with vinegar and leaving it in for 5-6 hours does the trick.  It also smells like a beast when it's 100 degrees in July in South Carolina!  I did it a couple times and eventually we got rid of mine but my kids...well that's another story.  I couldn't soak them in vinegar and have them rolling around on someone else's carpet so... we opted for the chop!  We cut their hair!  Mason was hesitant because he didn't want to be bald but once he got buzzed he really liked it and I told him his hair would grow back pretty quick and he'd be curly again in no time!  Kennedy was another story, I loved her long curly hair!  If I had a dollar for every compliment someone gave me on her hair, I'd be rich!  She had hair halfway down her back and lots of it, therefore lots of nits so it had to go! 


I was not able to do this when it was long!!

 At the time I just wanted the invaders to be gone.  I'm not one to shy away from cutting my own hair, I've had short hair so many times and it always grows back so hers will too.  Kameryn's hair was an uneven mess so evening out her locks was needed anyways. Here are the results:



Happy to be chopped!





I read some stories online of people who took over 2 years to completely get rid of it!  If you miss one stupid pin-sized egg the cycle starts all over again!  So glad it didn't take that long!!!