cut the curls.

The barber cut the curls! NOOOOO.

And now I have two teenagers.

Say it ain't so.

corona cut.

I did it. I finally cut the curls. His birthday bedhead indicated that it was time.

Before:

After:

Not bad for a Corona cut!

chopped.

Salons are still closed, so Ann Bennett and I (and Mrs. Meredith) had our hair cut at the house today. 

My girl chopped off three inches and is looking so grown and beautiful.

gelled locks.

My mama heart wasn't ready for the dreaded day Brooks asked me if he could get a "big boy" haircut. A lot of his friends have opted for shorter, gelled locks and I believe that inspired him to butcher that beautiful head of hair of his. 

But! I have to admit, although he looks way older he also looks really cute.

Almost seven...where did my baby go?!

trimmed.

Yesterday, we went to Vestavia Barber to get Brooks' haircut. While we were there, Little Priss decided that she wanted to get a haircut, too. I had been wanting to get her hair trimmed for about a month. It is getting so long in the back and looking a little scraggly. I had one of the hairdressers take a look and she thought cutting about a half an inch would help even things out a bit. Sis was in luck!

AB thought she was big stuff! She did great and got a sucker to prove it.

…and of course, Mama saved a lock of her hair. :)

new.

New kicks...

...and a new 'do.

My face says it all—yikes. Butchered!

mullet be gone.

On Saturday, John and I took Brooks to Vestavia Barber for a long overdue first haircut. Was I sentimental? Not really. The mullet had gotten out.of.control and it was time. It was actually time five months ago, but you can't cut your wittle baby's hair within his first year, right? It just felt like a sin. So, we waited and then life got in the way and we forgot about it. Okay, maybe we didn't forget it about it. We were reminded every night during bath time when the wet mullet surpassed the shoulders. GASP. And a woman waiting in line with her son confirmed it was time when she asked, "How old is she?"

So, onto the first cut...

Speaking of line, it was long. We walked in and there was a barber shop full of men. I mean, full. Luckily, they had a little play table to entertain the babes and that it did. Brooks also made a friend or ten. That boy—he is a social butterfly! He kept bringing figurines to a young boy sitting with his brothers on the floor who finally got up and moved! Ha. Bless him.

When it was our turn, I'm pretty sure John and I both started sweating, expecting the worst. I was thinking one of us would hold Brooks in our lap, but the stylist propped him up like a big boy on a booster. 

He thought he was big stuff.

Before she started snipping away, another stylist suggested giving him a sucker. It was his first rodeo with a lollipop and he wasn't quite sure what to do with it, but it kept him entertained the entire time. The only problem was, he wasn't sure how to swallow and his cape ended up drenched.

He sat in that chair like a champ! Even the hairdresser said that he did a great job, that most four year olds don't cooperate and sit still like he did. He did get fussy towards the end, but I think it's because he was starting to feel sticky, thanks to the gallons of sucker saliva seeping down his neck.

I kept a lock of his mullet hair to keep forever and ever to remember this special milestone. And I see many more trips to the barber in our future!

Such a big, handsome boy!

embrace the baby hair.

Anyone suffer from baby hair syndrome? Because I do. I have since, well, I was a baby. My mom always told me growing up that the hairs would grow out. She also told me that my arm hairs would fall out when I complained about how hairy my arms were when I reached middle school. "Oh honey, that's just peach fuzz." Peach fuzz, my bum.

Well, today I had an epiphany. Instead of curse these short little wispies that I will NEVER get rid of, I need to embrace them! And it makes me feel a whole lot better that I'm not the only one with the fly aways. Even a few celebs have them (gasp!)...

Happy Hump Day!