ethan's new 'do!

ethan has had 7 haircuts at home by sweet auntie k, but his hair just grows too thick and too fast for just scissors to handle. as you can see above, his hair would fall down in his face or just go plain crazy if i didn't constantly brush it over to the side. i'd been talking about getting his hair cut pretty short for a little while, and daddy was all for it (well, think about how brian wears his hair!). i'd pull back the front of his hair, and i could see that a short cut on him would make him look so grown up and handsome, but my mommy's heart just broke thinking about buzzing off all his beautiful hair! the other day, i had tentatively decided to take him to get his hair cut that night, and well, ethan woke up from his nap that afternoon with this 'do.... resembling a high school girls' prom up-do!!!!


and that was all she wrote.... we took him to get his hair cut that evening! the whole day, i'd been sort of preparing him, saying, "we're going to get your hair TRIMMED" (being careful not to use the word "cut" because i didn't want him to think he was getting cut and hurt!).... i was very intentional in what words i used all day... we pull into the parking lot of the hair cut place, and ethan exclaims, "GET HAIR.... CUT!" so much for intentionality, huh?

a friend of mine told me about this new, adorable kids salon in town, and it was the same price as supercuts. it's a saloon theme with cowboy stuff everywhere. the kids can sit on horses and play video games while they get their hair cut. of course, ethan wanted daddy to wear a purple cape, so he opted for the "sit in daddy's lap" version. :) haha. he was pretty unnerved at the stranger pointing the buzzing instrument at his head, even though we told him it was like daddy's razor. but once i starting shelling out crackers, he was content. here's some pictures of ethan's first professional haircut... i'm still getting used to this BOY running around the house!

ethan happily waiting in the fun salon
he's not so happy now!
(don't you think brian looks good in purple? heehee!)
he survived the haircut!
he's not sure WHO that is in the mirror!
here's our big boy