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James needed his hair cut. I found myself constantly tucking his hair behind his ears and brushing his 'bangs' off to the side. He was sort of looking like a scraggly ragamuffin baby. On more than one occasion, strangers at the grocery store referred to him as "she", so I figured it was time. Now, my mom cut all the boys' hair in my family growing up. To this day, she still cuts my dad's hair, too. So I thought I'd try my hand at it.
We were pretty surprised at how well behaved he was. We had out an arsenal of toys and kitchen gadgets to distract him, as well as his favorite books. Books actually did the trick! Mark read the same four or five books to him over and over until I was finished. In this photo, James was trying to figure out what I was doing! It was the only time he 'checked', because Mark put down the books to snap a picture. 
The finished product. I was really pleased with the haircut. It was really more of a trim, though. And I don't expect it to always be this easy. But it was a nice first attempt!
James needed his hair cut. I found myself constantly tucking his hair behind his ears and brushing his 'bangs' off to the side. He was sort of looking like a scraggly ragamuffin baby. On more than one occasion, strangers at the grocery store referred to him as "she", so I figured it was time. Now, my mom cut all the boys' hair in my family growing up. To this day, she still cuts my dad's hair, too. So I thought I'd try my hand at it. 
We were pretty surprised at how well behaved he was. We had out an arsenal of toys and kitchen gadgets to distract him, as well as his favorite books. Books actually did the trick! Mark read the same four or five books to him over and over until I was finished. In this photo, James was trying to figure out what I was doing! It was the only time he 'checked', because Mark put down the books to snap a picture. 
The finished product. I was really pleased with the haircut. It was really more of a trim, though. And I don't expect it to always be this easy. But it was a nice first attempt!
7 comments:
he is so handsome! Great haircut!
Seriously, did I see on your facebook that he is walking now?! AMAZING!
Kaiya is SO close to crawling, finally at 10 months old. LOL
I think she will be off and crawling like a pro by next week. Kids are all so different, it's crazy.
I'm pretty sure that if he could talk he'd say "I like my haircut!" Just like his Uncle Joel! Sounds like he was WAY more cooperative than his Uncle Joel however! He looks adorable! Love, Mom (K.)
Good Job Em!
I think he looks so much like those Nutter kids!
Wow Em, you did an awesome job! Well so did Mark - keeping him distracted! I tried to cut a 4 year old´s hair here and he just wouldn´t sit still so we ended up taking him out. Actually I´ve taken 5 boys to get their haircut :) Average cost 8 Bolivianos. Just a tad bit more than a dollar - definitely worth paying for rather than trying to do myself!
James, you´re a handsome little man!
James looks so grown up with his new hair cut!You did a great job! What a handy thing to learn- Love, Mom H.
That last picture is SOOO cute! :)
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