The First Cut Is The Deepest

I now do realize the blame does not lay squarely on the shoulders of poor Thomas. I occasionally endured the refrain of "I can't see, it's in my eyes!" His hair was extremely long, in desperate need of a haircut.  In my own defense both boys were scheduled for a hair appointment for the next Wednesday, I had consented to the necessity of a shorter hairstyle. Thomas however had other plans, no longer enamoured by his flowing locks.

One evening two weeks ago, he appears upstairs somewhat sheepishly after a good thirty minutes sight unseen. Initially, I couldn't quite figure out exactly how his appearance had been altered, until he turned around. And there it was, as if the eighties had appeared in their worst incarnation. A self inflicted mullet, actually something reminiscent to Sonya on "So You Think You Can Dance". Only worse, much, much worse. He had hacked it off with a pair of William's's new school scissors (yes they do indeed cut hair), and the evidence was strewn all over the basement bathroom, in the toilet, the sink, the garbage and the floor. Some areas he virtually decimated at the root, in sharp contrast to the pieces his left a good six inches. In didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. He has done this before, though never to such a dramatic degree.

And that was the end of that, my child who has always sported the long hair (with the glaring exception of his first year, given his particularly bald head), played his hand and ensured that he would begin Kindergarten with a new short style. I phoned and pleaded with the hairdresser for an emergency appointment. Two days later, Maggie graciously repaired the damage with a fair amount of wizardry in addition to the lopping off of many inches. She showed me how to blow dry it to best disguise the questionable regions. As if this rather rambunctious child will ever sit still long enough to let a blow dryer anywhere near the vicinity of his head, by his mother anyways. The result is above, albeit self styled, kind of adorable. Suits him, with his quirky antics and all.

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[margaret]

Can't get over how much he's grown! And for what it's worth, I think he looks absolutely charming! :)