We finally decided that maybe, just maybe Junior's hair might be a little too long. It has never seemed to bother him but was constantly in his eyes. Carrie has been wanting to cut it for quite some time so I lamented this weekend and we took him to the barber shop - which consisted of hoisting him into his highchair, putting a smock on him, rummaging through the house looking for a comb. (Honestly, what kind of home doesn't own a single comb)? Ans. Our home! It'll be fine, we can just wing it. Next was choosing the right kind of scissors. The kind we cut paper with? No, um let's try the ones we use to wrap gifts with. Nope. Got it! Let's use the ones we have in the kitchen. Our kitchen shears are now our haircutting shears. All we need now is a little cooperation from Quentin. Okay, he's in a good mood jabbering on the carpet playing with his toys. It's a little like hunting big game in Africa. You see your prey enjoying their habitat. You, the outsider, begin stalking him, watching him carefully. Suddenly you see him laugh and in that instant, moment of weakness, "POUNCE!" Rip the prey from their safety of the savannah or in this case the carpet.
The wife looks at me and asks very politely, "You know how to cut hair right?" "Of course! I once cut my whole high school basketball team's hair." Big gulp. How bad can you really screw this up? Well, it turns out that cutting hair is a lot easier with someone who gets that being still counts in the "get a good haircut" department. Clearly, Quinny and I were not communicating properly. It turns out scissors are kind of dangerous too. I mean they do have not one but two pointy ends and they are rather close to your eyeballs. I was certain Q was going to come out of this with similar vision as to what he went in with. I did not anticipate taking some fingers off. (Ours, not his). I managed to cut Carrie pretty good. And after the deed was done she was inspecting and said I missed a section so I did what all good Wisco boys do and that was grab my ever close trusty swiss army knife, pulled out the scissor section and went to trim the microscopic three hairs I missed only to have him flinch and to take a healthy chunk of my own finger. Those things are sharp! This kid won't sit still...for the love! It was decided we would clean him up while he was sleeping. Ya, right. So, here are the before and after photos of his first haircut.
It's crazy. He's like a man now. We cut off the darker parts of his hair and now he looks super old. He didn't even get carded at the grocery store yesterday. You decide, but he's practically 18 already!
The wife looks at me and asks very politely, "You know how to cut hair right?" "Of course! I once cut my whole high school basketball team's hair." Big gulp. How bad can you really screw this up? Well, it turns out that cutting hair is a lot easier with someone who gets that being still counts in the "get a good haircut" department. Clearly, Quinny and I were not communicating properly. It turns out scissors are kind of dangerous too. I mean they do have not one but two pointy ends and they are rather close to your eyeballs. I was certain Q was going to come out of this with similar vision as to what he went in with. I did not anticipate taking some fingers off. (Ours, not his). I managed to cut Carrie pretty good. And after the deed was done she was inspecting and said I missed a section so I did what all good Wisco boys do and that was grab my ever close trusty swiss army knife, pulled out the scissor section and went to trim the microscopic three hairs I missed only to have him flinch and to take a healthy chunk of my own finger. Those things are sharp! This kid won't sit still...for the love! It was decided we would clean him up while he was sleeping. Ya, right. So, here are the before and after photos of his first haircut.
It's crazy. He's like a man now. We cut off the darker parts of his hair and now he looks super old. He didn't even get carded at the grocery store yesterday. You decide, but he's practically 18 already!
love the hair cut and story too! you guys are professionals!!!
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