Daniel's First Haircut

Tuesday night was haircut night. David has always been really cooperative with haircuts. I count myself blessed after hearing my friends' tales of trying to get their boys' hair cut. So I got him done lickety-split, then wanted to do Daniel. Of course, the first haircut needs a photographer! Nathan was upstairs exercising before his turn, and my hands would be busy doing the cutting, so that left David. He was more than happy to take on that responsibility! He did a decent job, too, but in case you're wondering why things aren't quite centered...there you go. A three year-old was calling the shots.

Daniel started out okay. I let him feel the vibrations of the buzzer on his hand before I started. I was having a really hard time getting around the back of the chair to the nape of his neck, however, so I had to try and lean him forward. He was already a little uneasy about the whole process, but he really didn't want to lean forward, and that was his eventual undoing. He threw himself back in his chair and absolutely bawled. I tried to work with him a little bit but eventually decided I was just going to have to call it good. I guess it serves me right for trying to do it right before bedtime! :)

A couple days later he was so cute playing contentedly in the middle of all his toys, that either he or David had dumped out of the bin. I took the first picture, and my budding photographer took the second:

I think David did a better job...