Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Success!

After this failed attempt....


I decided to give up on professional haircuts and cut Henry's hair at home no matter how much he protested. Turned out that this meant Taylor had to pin him down on the couch with his knee so I could give a few whacks at his mullet. It proved worthless to even attempt to trim around his ears or his scraggly bangs.

Not an ideal situation.

So, we decided to let Taylor model how a big boy gets his hair cut at the barbershop. All day long, I prepped Henry for the big event. I let him play with scissors until he didn't melt down at the sight of scissors and we discussed how we would visit the firetrucks after his haircut.

I was pretty anxious about the whole event until the barber announced that he is the father of 4 boys, one of which is just a few weeks older than Henry. At that, I let out a sigh of relief. I knew this man wouldn't back down from a toddler and wouldn't be phased by tears.

I was right!

Pete at Rooney's Barbershop is my new favorite person.




Notice the sucker firmly clamped between his teeth.
It wasn't going anywhere...


My clean cut boys!


LT, recognize the shirt? It's been his favorite for over a year!


5 comments:

childsplay said...

praise the lord! that boy needed a haircut so badly!! I think he looks so cute - and tay looks cute too in his uniform!

theelliottfamily said...

Been using Pete for a long time now. He has magic scissors:)

The Dumas Clan said...

such a BIG boy!

LT (and Max) said...

aw!!!! love it!

he looks so big and handsome!

The Greaby Family said...

I love the picture of him crying with the sucker!!!
and he looks very handsome with his clean cut!