Haircut Day

One of my many hats...Mother, the Haircutter.
Not to be confused with Mother, the Woodcutter, although we share some similarities.  
It was deemed Haircut Day in the house of Hayden.  There was much rejoicing and joy from me because I'd been putting it off until it wasn't raining so I could cut hair outside.  If you've ever cut hair inside you know that no matter how careful you are, you will still find  hair that has floated on the household current into a completely different room...2 weeks after you cut hair!  Annoying, to say the least.
Back in May, Caleb was preparing to go to the Bill Rice Ranch for a month to work.  My job was to make sure that his hair looked ship shape.  He decided that he wanted to try and take a "selfie" while I was cutting his hair.  Problem was, he couldn't get his Mother to stop goofing around.  Heh, heh, heh. 
As the mother of a teenage boy, I take my job very seriously.  Keeping life real is very important.  Really, let's think about this.  How cool can you look while you're getting your haircut by your mother?  Any furthermore, how much more totally awesome is it that she takes the pictures and posts them on her blog?!  The height of awesomeness, I say.  

Ethan said, "Give me a crew cut, Mama!"  Of course, since it is Summer, I will oblige.  After all, who wants to take time to comb their hair when they could be playing basketball or riding bikes?  
Crew cut?  Great idea.  
However, when faced with the task of cutting 90% of  my kids hair off his head, we have to wonder what it would look like if we shave it only part way.  Right? 
 Am I the only one ?  Surely not.

And now you can know too.  
Half shaved that direction looks very odd and gave me great motivation to finish the job.  Not because it was weird, but because Sophie gave me the idea of trying to do the next one, Titus, in a mohawk.   Inspired idea, Sophie.  Keeping in mind that I wouldn't be leaving it that way, it was just for the fun of it.  Not to worry yourself or be offended...or think I've lost my mind. Completely.

The look of joy radiating from his face is evident.  He loves it!  or not.  
But it was fun and he really isn't mad or unhappy.  He was trying to look mean.  ha ha.  

Cutting my boys hair not only saves money, but provides entertainment for the whole family!  It was much more challenging when they were small.  I may or may not have resorted to all manner of threats and bribery to get them to sit still.  Now that their older it is far less difficult, especially since some of them actually care what their hair looks like these days.