First Haircuts

Tonight we did some firsts for Elsie and Noah. I took the girls to Great Clips where Elsie got her first real (not mommy cutting) haircut. She was very nonchalant about it until the hairdresser asked her to look down at which point she burst into tears and was offered a sucker. The sucker made the world right again, and the rest of the cut was a success. Grace also got a haircut and loved the attention. She's been to Great Clips before, so no big deal to her.
When we got home I set to work on giving Noah his first haircut ever. As soon as I fired up the clippers Noah started crying and backing away so I sat Weston down to show him how it's done. My plan was that Weston would smile real big and show Noah how enjoyable haircuts are. Instead, I accidentally gave Weston a little poke with the clippers at which point he started screaming like I had cut an ear off or something. Not pretty. It was all over at that point. I had to have Mike come in and help hold Noah down for his first haircut. Amazingly enough the kids all look decent and there was no blood at all! I do have to admit Moses was not so lucky when I gave him doggy haircuts. I can safely say I will never be a professional hairstylist or a dog-groomer.

I can't believe how much older Noah looks without all his baby hair! He looks like a little man!