The Haircut

Today, I attempted to give B a haircut myself for the first time. Since cutting our income by 1/3 I've been on a minor frugality kick and yeah with the economic news probably not a bad idea. So, I bought a set of clippers several weeks ago (see helping the economy at the same time). I read the instructions and googled how to cut little boy hair (per my mom's instructions). Well, I can't say I did that great a job. Everything was going fine. We had trimmed the back and sides and B was not screaming or wiggling much. He and Daddy were giggling over the clippers tickling. When it came time to use scissors for the top we remembered that I really lack hand eye coordination. Even though I'd seen the hairdresser do it several times, I couldn't quite get myself to replicate the motions. So, we just put on the biggest numbered guard and cut the rest. It was still OK, just a bit shorter than we're used to.

Then came the ears. Some may remember the disaster that occured when Brent asked me once to just cut the stray hair over one ear.... he ended up with alot of skin exposed and it was very embarassing. Thus, I had not cut his hair a bit in many years. Yeah, that happened again. I attached the "left ear" guard.... right, adult size... So B's hair goes very high over his left ear and below that pretty much just skin. Brent did the other side and, of course, it is perfect. I was so sad. Both, I think, because he looks odd to me, but also because I miss running fingers through his longer hair. It doesn't help that he is marginally less cute with his weird left side. It is amazing how different just a haircut can make you look... Oh well, I suppose we'll try again and maybe let Daddy do the close work. There's a picture here of his very summery cut (still warm here, but hard to deny it is October). No close up of the left side as I don't particularly want to remember it (or the game today... but that's another story). Nevertheless, it was great to hang out with our OU crew and I think the little boys had a great time. The big boys, perhaps not quite as much, but we'll continue on to cheer another day.

Hope your weekend is happy!