Clipping Tyler's Wings

The title of this post is not a metaphor for me wanting Tyler less mobile (but oh my! he is a fast, busy little guy!). No, it's about his first haircut! His hair is so light and thin that he could pass for a baldy, and thank goodness he's a boy with this hair, but some parts of it are quite long. For instance right at the crown of his head he has a nice long tuft, but it lays nicely so I'm not daring to touch that one yet. The hair above his ears was another story though.

The wings:


He didn't so much enjoy his first haircut, but the Cheerios made it bearable:


Handsome boy!

New Haircut!

I decided it was time for a short "mom haircut" again. My sister-in-law Marianne works at a bank and also cuts hair in her basement, so on Sunday night when I heard her saying she had the next day off (MLK Day), I just decided to go for it.
Marianne was kind enough to take these before-and-after pictures so I could blog it. At the time she had another client there who didn't get why I would bother with the pictures, until she saw how much we cut off.

Mike knows that I get a little emotional about haircuts, even if I got exactly what I asked for (I usually cry and talk about growing it out again). When he walked in the door after work that day, he immediately came over and gave me a compliment and a hug, probably anticipating that I would burst into tears. I was mostly fine and didn't cry, but what a good husband, don't you think?

And here it is after I styled it myself the next day.

"Hair blogger" for a day

Sometimes I feel guilty for not being more like my mom, who used to put my sister's and my hair in nice tight french braids all the time, and made us sleep in sponge curlers every Saturday night. Mom told me once that she wouldn't dare take 6 kids out in public looking like ragamuffins, because strangers judge large families more harshly. I always thought that was funny. You'd think they would give a mom of 6 a break if her kids' outfits and hair make them look homeless!

So anyway, my friend Julie recently introduced me to her favorite hair blog for little girls. Julie's girls have been sporting all kinds of fancy hairdos, and this was the source.

Hair blogs were something I'd never heard of before, but apparently there's a neverending network of moms who post instructions for fancy little girl do's. It seems to go hand-in-hand with marketing cute handmade bows. I checked out a bunch of sites (a fantastic time-waster) and learned how to do this cool twisty french braid that I've seen before, but never knew how it was done.

Elise actually sat for me this morning and let me be creative with her hair! Usually she wants to do her hair HERSELF, and all I'm allowed to do is recommend which headband might not clash too much.

Here are some pictures, but keep in mind they were taken 6 hours later. We're hoping tomorrow morning she'll have some fabulous waves.