Julianna's been telling me that she wants to have long hair again when she is six. She is less than six months from her sixth birthday I was telling her that if she wanted long hair by then, she needed to start letting it grow. We had this conversation about it:

Julianna: "I want my hair this long." Pointing to her hips.

Me: "Whoa! That will take you awhile! You better get started soon."

Julianna: "How do you grow your hair out?"

Me: "You go to the barber and have him shape it every couple of months to allow the shorter hairs to catch up to the longer hairs...and you wait."

Pause...
Me: "Why do you  want to grow your hair out that long?"

Julianna: "To donate it.....To Mimi. So we can do art with it."

Me: "Ummm....well, people usually donate it to Locks of Love so that they can make wigs for people who've lost their hair."

Julianna: "But, we can do art. That's a nice thought, right?"

Me: "Well...."