Ephram's First Haircut

I took Ephram in for his first professional haircut during the week between Christmas and his birthday.  I had trimmed his hair a few times, but Andy and I didn't agree on what we wanted to do.  Finally, we decided to turn it over to someone who actually knows what they're doing.  We wanted to get his hair out of his eyes, but were not ready for him to have the short cropped cut of an older boy yet.

He needed the haircut badly!

Yes, he has a Happy Feet penguin and a train in his hands.  And yes, he brought them along to the haircut.  Everything is more fun if you have a couple of familiar things with you!

He was really excited when we left the house, but got nervous as I was pulling him out of the car.  Then we went inside and he saw all of the cool cars that he could sit on.  And then she put on Curious George for him to watch.  He now loves Curious George just as much as he loves Mickey Mouse.  We have the movie and have watched it before... but it was much better when it was at his special haircut!

Ephram sat quietly and let her spray and comb his hair.  We spray his hair every morning because it is wild, so he was used to having mist fly over him.

At some point he remembered that he was in a car and started honking the horn and spinning the wheel.  Even though his head was moving a lot, she was able to keep control of what she was doing.  It would have been a different story if I had the scissors in my hand!

All done!  Still long enough that he looks like my little, but growing, toddler.  Short enough that his back-of-the-head tangles were much more manageable.

Super cute and unwilling to get out of the car.

Finally, I told him we'd come back in a couple of months and that he could chose another car next time.  He ran up to the front where she was offering him stickers to chose.  He found all of his favorite Mickey Clubhouse friends in stickers and would have skipped out of the door if he knew how.

First haircut was a big success.  This kid is so even tempered he amazes me!  I was pretty nervous going into the experience, but it didn't phase him at all.  In fact, he was definitely proud to be a big boy that goes and gets his haircut just like his big brother.