First Haircut

For the past several weeks, we've noticed that Jack's hair is getting longer and at times looks pretty close to a mullet.  Here's the problem: when he was sweaty or was outside when it was humid, he had precious curly locks all over his head.  But, other times, it was fairly straight and stuck out pretty bad... especially in the back where it was this crazy-fuzzy-peach-fuzz hair.  

So, Saturday ended up being the day we decided we'd had enough.  We talked to Jack LOTS about getting a haircut and he was pretty familiar with the idea since one of his favorite Sesame Street shows is about Baby Bear getting a haircut.  I thought it was possible this thing might go off without a hitch.  See below.  

Not so much.  

So after a little consoling and bribing with a cookie, the haircut resumed.  Notice those curls on the sides / back of his head :(  Not for long.  

The picture below is SOO accurate of how the event was going.  Jack wanted no part of the cutting and kept flinching and pulling away.  Notice we've now also bribed him with a sucker.  

See??  Not so bad, right??  

SNIP!!

Ok... there is a pause in the photo process here for a reason.  It was about this time I realized (DUH!) Patrick is NOT a barber and I was pretty upset with how the back of Jack's head was starting to look.  I mean, I didn't really want to cut his hair to begin with, but knew it was getting out of control.  He assured me it would look ok once it was finished.  We moved to the back yard and Patrick switched to a trimmer-thingy with hopes of making it look more even.  

"Save me!!"

Ok, not so bad after all.  

A little off the sides...

And, he's back to his smiley, fun-loving self.  

He's the final product - - a few pictures taken on Sunday morning before church.  

Not too bad, right?  We didn't cut anything off the top, and with the exception of one spot in the back that's a little too close to his head, it looks pretty good.  I'm trying to adjust to the new look, but I can say it's growing on me.  Overall, it was a success!!