Haircuts!

We went a little crazy this weekend and had both the boys' hair cut!
It was the first real haircut for Dane (aside from Mommy's hacking), and he was such a good boy for the whole thing.  We got Jacob's hair cut, too, and it was a little bit of an adventure.  Our regular coiffeuse, Marlene, only had time to cut one of the boys' hair, so I had her cut Dane's.  We then took Jacob to a nearby salon who accepted walk-ins, since I couldn't stand the bushy mop any more.  I asked the lady to leave it longer on top and shorter on the bottom.  She must not have had a lot of experience with children, because it was looking a little hacked up, and every time she tried to fix it, it kept getting shorter and shorter!  Finally I told her to stop, thinking I'd fix it myself at some point.  Oh, well, it still looks cute.  Here are the pics!

Getting ready for his first haircut:

The mop

 See?!?!

 Marlene working her magic!

Very chill...

The final product!

He looks so grown up!

 And speaking of grown up...

Shorter than I had hoped for, but still adorable!

Snips

Well, I did it...



Poor little Dane. He has this GORGEOUS head of hair, and hasn't rubbed it off in the back like most babies. Instead, however, it has rolled itself into little dread locks. Not my idea of a baby hairstyle. So, I chopped it. YES - He's only 6 months old, but it HAD to be done! I cut off enough so that it could be brushed out, and then I had to cut some of the rest of it to look like it was "meant" to be like that. He now has an asymmetric haircut, that I'm sure would cause any good stylist to shake their head. But it will grow out again, and I'll have a professional do it next time. :)

Jacob's First Official Haircut

Well, the time had come... Jacob's hair was too long to leave it go any longer, and Momma no longer felt she had the skills to get the job done well. I still didn't want to lose the curls, so we took him to the one person who I knew could get rid of some of the length and yet keep the curls, if that was at all possible - Marlene! And it was possible! I am SO pleased with the results. Check out these fun pictures from Looks salon:

Before:


Getting his hair washed:


Cutting:





Done!

Temporary Insanity?

I don't know what got into me this evening, but I decided that it was time:

- Time to give Jacob his first haircut -

And I just started cutting!!! (I almost forgot to take pictures!) I had been thinking about going to my beautician all day, and then I decided that I could remember what she did. So I got out my tools: a couple of combs (one for me, one for Jacob), my sewing scissors, paper towel, a spray bottle (also used as a toy by Jacob), and Gary's cell phone (the best distraction yet!). I snipped twice on top and twice on each side, evened up the curls over the ears, and voila! Now - don't ask a professional's opinion on the job. They'll tell you it looks like his mommy did it. But I think it's not too bad!

Before: Looking pretty shaggy!

The first snip:

The finished product:

Side views:


The beautiful curls in back - I didn't touch those!

The proof: