Butch

I should have seen this one coming. I was put in my place last night. I kind of thought that my kids were "too well-behaved" to do something like cut their own or someone else's hair. Foot into mouth, here we go. Sorry if I ever judged. Look at what Dallin--five years old and way too old to be doing something like this--did to his brother. This, my friends, is a first-class hack job. And this is only the front.



Here's what Adam's hair looked like just a two days ago.



I like his hair a little longer hair on the top of his head because he is still a sweet little boy and doesn't need a big boy hair cut yet. So I was really sad about the inevitable.

After the incident I had no choice but to buzz it off.

(Sorry the photo's so bright.)
I used the clippers on a 4 (1/2 inch I think) and of course, that was too long to hide the chunks taken out. So I tried a 3, but still it was too long. So I regrettably used the 2 (1/4 inch) attachment and buzzed it down. That was even a little long for some areas but that was as short as I was willing to go.

So where was I when the haircutting was going down? Pretty naive, apparently. Dallin had a comb and Adam went into the bathroom to get his hair wet and Dallin told me he was going to "do Adam's hair." I did not see the scissors in his hands. Though I am sure Dallin did not want me to see the scissors in his hands. I told them to go outside to do Adam's hair because the bathroom is right across from Owen's room and Owen was sleeping. Mark wasn't home from work yet and I was making dinner. Dallin had at least a good ten minutes hacking away at Adam's hair before I went outside to check on them. For the rest of the night I was pretty short-tempered with those two.

But look, isn't a baby great for helping mom feel better?


Owen told me he would never do something like that.

"Me? I'm the angel of the family."

But it could be worse, at least I have boys. His hair will be back to normal in a few months.

And Owen wanted to share one more picture, to help mom have another reason to smile. Maybe it will make you smile too. This is "Owen and Rice Cereal: Take One."