Back to School Haircuts

Always on the look out for a deal, I couldn't pass up JCPenny's free hair cuts for back to school.

It involved rescheduling since we were sick during the week of our

original appointments.

Much to our delight, there were appointments still available.

Trip across town and we made an afternoon of it at the mall.

The Man hammed it up for the camera, as you can tell from the numerous pictures

I have of him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to school haircuts, Fun Girl and Hockey Player

Been needing to get haircuts done. 

Finding a moment free this past month has been difficult.

A free moment with both of these two. 

A free moment with both of these two at the same time and
when the salon was not super busy....

EVEN HARDER! 

Finally, it all came together!

Before ~

and after ~

Guess what I did today??

I vacuumed our dog! Yep! Sure did.
He was shedding, hair was getting everywhere. We would brush and the hair would fly off him. Kept thinking, would be kind a cool if we could use the vacuum and keep the hair from going all over.
So I tried it.
He let me do it! Okay, someone held onto his collar. Hence, he knew he was caught and didn't struggle. BUT..he did not growl. He did not try to get away. He did not nip at me or the vacuum or the person holding his collar at the time. He just sat there.
I used the vacuum this morning.
Then this afternoon, he stunk. Like barn stink. yech! So we gave him a bath. As the water hit him in the shower, chunks of hair started to fall off of him. I was flabbergasted. I scrubbed and rinsed. Before a few minutes passed, I was covered in hair. I had no idea a bath would cause his hair to just fall off of him.
So we got the brush (defur-inator) and more chunks of hair. Needless to say, Little Princess had the job of keeping the drain clean and free from the hair. Dried him and let him loose. Still lots of hair on the hand after petting him.
We got the vacuum out again. He looks 10 pounds lighter. He wasn't obese. He was HAIRY! He is really calm tonight. No bouncing around or trying to get on the table. Thinking we might need to keep the vacuum out all the time.

Boys and Hair --- what happened to Girls and Hair?

I have 3 boys and they all 3 have issues with their hair!
What is with that? I thought hair issues belonged to the girls. My girls no issues. Completely confounds me some days.
The youngest likes his hair brushed, oh how he likes it brushed. He however, does not like it washed. He is willing to let us buzz it this week to him cooler for the summer.

Middle boy, just doesn't want his hair to look like younger brother. He wants to look like older brother. However, he is willing to have his hair buzzed to be cooler in the summer...that might not happen, it makes him look fairly bald and leaves him vulnerable to sunburn.

That leaves my oldest. He doesn't like to brush hair. He doesn't like to comb his hair. He doesn't like his hair cut. He likes the sweaty, nasty, messy look when he takes off his hockey or bicycle helmet. He claims he doesn't get hot. Yet today, he is taking ice packs out of the freezer and putting them on his head to cool off. He has the thickest hair of the bunch, so much so, it needs to be thinned when it is cut. He DOES NOT want it buzzed. He would benefit so much from it. The worst part for this mom is when his hair is wet. Know what it reveals?? The strangest tan line. His forehead is white as can be and the rest of his face is tan. Actually, it is pretty humerous whenever we take him for a haircut, cause for about a week and a half to two weeks he is walking around with a white band on his face.
Who knew boys could be so full of suprises?
The girls, they like their hair done and fixed. They like long hair and no bangs. Ponytails, french braids and twists, whatever. The boys??? I am so glad they have a father to take them to get their hair done. :)