Was big bro Jaden her inspiration? The actor and budding hip-hop artist also recently clipped his curly locks for a more tapered look. And on Jan. 27, the 13-year-old debuted his new cut while attending the 76ers game against Charlotte in Philadelphia with superstar parents Will and Jada.

Courtesy Jaden Smith

Whatever the reason for little Willow’s sudden hair-change, we admire her risk-taker attitude. And whether she’s wigged out in a bright pink Nicki Minaj-inspired do’ or swinging her colorful braids, she always looks adorable.

– Jenisha Watts

TELL US: Would you let your daughter shave her head?

Elisabeth Röhm, best known for her roles as Serena on Law & Order and Kate on Angel, is marking a year blogging for PEOPLE.com.

The actress will appear on CSI: Miami this Sunday, Jan. 29. She also has a role on The Client List and upcoming films Transit and Officer Down out later this year. She can be found on Facebook, Google + and @ElisabethRohm.

In her latest blog, Röhm — mom to 3½-year-old Easton August with Ron Anthony — gets a 2012 wake up call when her fiancé suggests her resolution includes chucking the mom clothes!

What was your New Year’s resolution? Three weeks in, are you keeping it? Let Elisabeth know in the comments.

So here we are at the start of 2012 and I’m sure each of us has a mile-long list of things we would do differently from last year. Perhaps little things make the top 20, but there’s always the BIG one that stands out from the rest.

We know that if we at least tackle that one thing, all will be set straight in our universe. One is totally doable, right? With our harried schedules, it seems realistic to say that there would be one big game-changer that we could focus on this year.

I had mine all lined up and picked out earlier this month. I was ready to put it into motion until … dun dun dun! It came to my attention that I may have picked the wrong New Year’s resolution.

Perhaps a few people over the year had pointed out that there was another matter worthy of my consideration. But I hadn’t really paid it any mind — although I’ll admit it had nagged at me. But when you hear something a few times over and over, I guess one could say that it might become a more imperative matter.

I mean c’mon, you know something is urgent when loved ones are handing out a New Year’s resolution to you!

So here it is. I shudder to say it out loud, PEOPLE.com, but I knew it was true when the last and final person (my trying-to-be-sensitive-but-not-quite-achieving-it other half) said it. Ron told me that I wear too many “mom clothes.”

I mean, it kind of sucked when he compared me to an aging woman in ballet slippers and a cardigan who attended our recent New Year’s brunch. But sadly, I’ll admit that we did look an awful lot alike.

Now, just to set the record straight — I thought she looked good, the middle-aged lady that he whispered about in between his bites of fruit and yogurt (he turned over his new leaf a few months ago). So now he’s in the business of advising others on how to improve their lives and stay young?!

I mean, I’ve always leaned towards the preppy look rather than, let’s say, the Fergie-esque get up and dance look, although I appreciate it in others. In fact, I really admire those women who continue to sex it up a little for the duration of their lives. I certainly thought I’d be one of those types, because I come from a long line of women who have stayed youthful and attractive as the years have unmercifully gone by.

Now, let me make something clear: I like the preppy look and by saying that I’m preppy, I did not think I’d lost my edge … that’s just my style preference. I’ve always leaned towards the classic little black dress. To tell the truth, I really like ballet slippers!

However, I had noticed that something changed in my wardrobe choices, starting three years ago. I’ve even blogged about it before. You know … the sensible breastfeeding blouse, the pants that have added stretch, and the low shoes with all that extra support.

I started to go for practicality and comfort rather than style and expression. It happens. We all talk about it. We even laugh about it, as if we are proud to wear our badge of mom honor by displaying those too long sweaters that resemble tents, rather the fitted ones of the past. But I think I may have gone too far, perhaps over the edge into the tacky shoes department.

From my prior blog – Courtesy Elisabeth Röhm

As I watched the woman with her ponytail (no time to blow it out), ballet slippers (there used to be long legs there), cardigan and leggings (all black, square and flowing as to hide any lumps and bumps), I hated to admit that Ron was right.

Not to mention that I kind of wanted to plunge my butter knife into him as he plunged my ego into that cold glass of water. Deep inside I knew it was true, although I became grumpy for the rest of the day.

Even now, as I step away from the computer to look at myself in the mirror, my hair is still in that ponytail due to the lack of a current blowout. I’m in some sort of plastic ballet slippers that really aren’t cool and that I never would have worn four years ago, before Easton was conceived.

I remember looking at those sexy as heck (even my language has changed!) photo shoots I’d see in Vogue, with some statuesque model in three-inch heels and a tight suit pushing a baby stroller with her hair flowing in the wind and sunglasses on. You know, like Victoria Beckham.

I was so sure that would be the type of mom look I’d duplicate once I had a little bundle of joy. Okay yes, for those events that come up, I still know how to pull out those punches. However, I had no idea my inner Martha Stewart would start showing up on a daily basis.

I mean, for goodness sake, I’m in a plaid ruffled shirt right now because it was a gift and not because I like it. It doesn’t even look particularly bad, but it doesn’t look good either. In fact, it looks like a tablecloth.

The other day my gorgeous friend — a parent who is just spectacularly stylish — was lamenting her ballet slippers too, and saying she was going to buy herself some new boots with a heel to go to the office in. I was applauding her. All the while, I was wearing some strange non-youthful getup of my own as we perused the web for her sexy new shoes.

“Where have I stashed my former self?” I was thinking yesterday as I ate my bagel with too much cream cheese (yes, part of my mom getup is some extra poundage — I’m going to shed that too).

I watched the older woman that Ron was comparing me to nibbling on her breakfast and thought, “Ugh!” It’s like that last cigarette you smoke. The final straw had broken. I wasn’t going to be compared to someone 20 years my senior — no way.

I made a commitment to myself today as I threw on my usual gear with distraction that this would be the last day that I’d let my youth faintly slip away. So my New Year’s resolution this January is to burn my mom costume in the back yard and blow the dust off some of my other old relics from those days gone by, at least until I can afford a few new things!

This year, let’s focus the blog a little bit more on us, ladies. I have a few tricks up my sleeve to help us all get that shiny look of youth back in our cheeks and trust me, we won’t have to break an ankle doing it by trying to look like Beyoncé!

Not to mention she’s probably going to have to wear some ballet slippers and sensible shirts soon herself with that new baby girl. Don’t worry Beyoncé, we’ll be there for you when you want to get your fashion groove back too!

Tell me your own personal New Year’s resolutions (and are you keeping them thus far?).

Until next time, PEOPLE.com.

– Elisabeth Röhm

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt has gone short — again!

On Sunday, we spotted the 5-year-old with an updated pageboy cut while hanging at the Farmer’s Market in Studio City, Calif. with mom Angelina Jolie and brothers Knox, 3, and Pax, 8.

Considering she let her blonde locks grow to shoulder length recently, we’re not sure what brought on this sudden hair change. But we do think it looks adorable.

TELL US: Have you ever cut your daughter’s hair into a shorter hairstyle?

It took a lot of time — and a few extra pounds — for Michelle Williams to make her on-screen transformation into Marilyn Monroe.

But Williams, 31, says she wasn’t the only one immersed in the world of the iconic actress during the production of My Week with Marilyn – especially around nighttime.

While accepting best-performance honors for her role in the movie at Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards (live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel), Williams pointed to her daughter from her relationship with Heath Ledger, 6-year-old Matilda Rose, whom she praised for “suffering through six months of bedtime stories, where all the princesses were read aloud in a Marilyn Monroe-[sounding] voice.”

On a more serious note, she said in her speech that her daughter’s “bravery and exuberance is the example that I take with me in my work and in my life.”

“I consider myself a mother first and an actress second,” she said. “I want to say thank you [to Matilda] for sending me off to this job every day with a hug and a kiss.”

– Alison Schwartz

We have lift off!

Proud papa Gabriel Aubry steps out with his adorable daughter Nahla Ariela in West Hollywood on Monday.

The 3½-year-old is the only child for the model and ex-girlfriend Halle Berry.

“She’s a very girly girl,” the actress said recently of her daughter.

RELATED: Spotted: Gabriel Aubry and Nahla – Mad for Plaid

Color her his!

Sporting a shaggy mane — it’s for his new film, Argo — Ben Affleck steps out Sunday with daughter Violet Anne, 6, in Santa Monica, Calif.

The pair visit Color Me Mine, where they painted a little pottery. The actor’s been stepping up the daddy duty with Violet and little sister Seraphina, 3, as wife Jennifer Garner expects their third child in a matter of weeks.

“We both know we couldn’t do what we do without each other,” the actress said recently.

“Ben always says, ‘If you love it, we can make it happen.’”

RELATED: Jennifer Garner: I ‘Would Do Anything’ for Ben Affleck

Pigtailed princess!

Alyson Hannigan, who’s expecting her second child this spring, was spotted giving daughter Satyana Marie a lift Sunday in Santa Monica, Calif.

The 2½-year-old accompanied her actress mom and dad Alexis Denisof as the trio visited the farmer’s market and made a stop at the playground.

“Yes, I am pregnant! This time it is NOT a food baby. We are beyond happy!” the How I Met Your Mother star, 37, Tweeted.

RELATED: BumpWatch: Alyson Hannigan and Satyana Roll with It

With her tour wrapped and a ring on her finger, Britney Spears is settling back into a quiet life at home with sons Sean Preston, 6, and Jayden James, 5 — and the proud mom has been posting the photos to prove it.

“Jayden is having some hair-raising fun on the trampoline!” the popstar wrote Wednesday, sharing a photo of her boys playing together outside on her Facebook page.

On Tuesday, Spears — who celebrated her 30th birthday last month — also showed off her “little Hercules,” Tweeting a photo of Preston flexing at his gymnastics class.

The boys’ father Kevin Federline recently praised his ex-wife’s new fiancé Jason Trawick, saying, “I think he’s a great guy. The kids speak highly of him. Her family loves him.”

Courtesy Britney Spears

Hello?

Lou Sulola Samuel, 2, takes a call — while holding tight to mom Heidi Klum — after ballet class in Brentwood, Calif. on Saturday.

Joining the pair was dad Seal and big sister Leni, 7½.

“She’s very quiet – she’s not loud at the dinner table. The other kids are very loud and she sits there and watches everyone,” the model, 38, tells PEOPLE.

“She’s sponging everything up, and I know she’s memorizing everything. It’s going to come out soon.”

RELATED: Spotted: Heidi Klum and Leni – Snowed In

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … Superman!

Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale is ready for liftoff while sandwiched between parents Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani on Saturday in Los Angeles.

The 3½-year-old was joined by big brother Kingston, 5½, as the pair played in the sand.

“[Zuma] wants everyone to watch him, and he’s a goofball and he’s really silly,” says the No Doubt frontwoman, 42. “He’s a funny guy.”

RELATED: Gwen Stefani: My Sons’ Sense of Style Can Be ‘Horrifying’