Locks (lots) of love.

 Every year at Christmas time, we try to do a little tradition we call, "Christmas in the City."  We went and stayed at a hotel in downtown Salt Lake and went to Temple Square, Gateway, we went and saw Tangled and then to a Jazz game.  So much fun.  The night in the hotel, we were watching a Christmas movie on tv about a little girl with cancer.  She didn't have any hair and Ava was asking why.  We explained what happens to people when they go through chemotherapy and told her that sometimes people lose their hair for no reason.  She asked what they do once they've lost their hair.  I explained that they wear wigs or hats and I told her that some people donate their hair so that wigs can be made for them.  Right after we got home, we were at Costco and saw a little girl there without any hair.  A few days later, Ava told me that she wanted to cut her hair and donate it to Locks of Love.  I explained that that was a big decision, and that she might want to think about it for a few days.  The next day she came up to me and said, "mom, I don't want to wait a few days, I really want to get my hair cut."  So we made an appointment with Aunt Mindi and cut her hair.  She wasn't nervous or scared, just excited and it looked so cute!  Her new do is so Ava.  I got a padded envelope and Ava insisted on putting her hair in the mailbox herself.  Whoever gets the wig made out of Ava's hair is one lucky girl!  It is so amazingly thick and has the prettiest highlights.  I was so proud of her!