Jayden's first haircut!

we have cut Jayden's hair ourselves, but today i woke up thinking it was time for him to get a 'real' haircut from someone who knows what they are doing. i also knew i would be taking his 3 year pictures soon and really wanted his hair cut before i did them. so i got the boys ready, with my camera and video recorder, and we went on our way. i told myself if Jayden didnt seem like he was into it i was not going to force him. but when we got there and i asked him if he wanted to sit in the chair he was excited to do it! so up he went. i was so proud of him!

i was surprised how much he liked sitting in the chair. he sat still the whole time and was so happy!
almost done.
he seemed to like his new style.
and LOVED getting his hair dried.
good job Jayden! i am so proud of you!

when we got home both boys got an icepop for doing so well. i love Jayden's new haircut and i couldnt wait to show Jason!

mommy scissor hands

yesterday after i saw this picture....i came to the reality that Jayden might need his bangs cut. so after i took Peyton to pre-school this morning i trimmed Jayden's bangs. i didnt let myself think about it, i just got the scissors and trimmed. there is something about cutting your baby's hair for the first time, even though it's hard to do, you see the baby face you saw when they were born. so cute! but then today as he was playing outside i looked over and saw this....a messy face AND a baby mullet!.... so when Jason got home from work we sat Jayden on the table outside and came up with a plan.hmmm what are those for?Jason was in charge of pictures and i was in charge of trimming. (again, i did not let myself think about what i was doing. just trim it and get rid of the mullet i thought i saw). Jayden wasn't so sure about our plan.when i thought about cutting Jayden's hair for the first time i had big plans on having him in a chair, in the kitchen, with my camera ready, and taking pictures of every hair that fell.... but i know if i would have set it up that way today i would have bailed on the whole thing. so outside, no thinking, and with a scissor in my hand,
i.cut.my.baby's.hair.... after the whole thing was over (i saved every last hair) both boys celebrated together in their 'clubhouse' with icepops. i still love Jayden's hair.... and that face.... i love that face.

crazy hair day

today was crazy hair day at pre-school. Peyton had been talking about it all week. we decided we would try mixing gel and confetti together and HOPED it would stick in his hair. (while we were in Disney we went to the salon and saw some little boys who actually had this same thing done there). at the time Peyton didn't want to do it.... but he DID want to do it for crazy hair day. so we tried it, and it worked! his poor little nose was skinned up from falling yesterday playing soccer and falling on the concrete.... face first. he was a little concerned about it this morning saying 'my teacher isn't going to like my nose.' it made me feel horrible for him. i walked him into school this morning and like i thought.... both of his teachers were really sweet to him about his face and LOVED his hair.the close up....
his hair stayed perfect at pre-school. we rubbed it all out in the front yard when we got home. he's such a cutie, even with his soccer injury.

a hairy situation

a few weeks ago Jason decided to cut his own hair in the backyard. which isn't a big deal because he has done it before. so he got out the mirror and clippers and went away on chopping his hair off. Peyton sat and watched him then started looking at all of the hair on the ground. he didn't have any questions, which surprised me, but apparently he had a plan.i of course had my camera in my hand so i took pictures of him. at first i just thought it was cute that i could see his crack. (i love baby crack. yes i know he's not a baby anymore, but he's MY baby. so his crack is still cute to me). so snappity, snap i took pictures of him. then realized what exactly he was doing. he was putting Jason's hair that fell on the ground onto his legs.
i asked him what he was doing and he told me 'i want to be like daddy'. and just kept rubbing the hair onto his legs until they were covered.then he put some on his eyebrows.... and then i noticed he rubbed some on his chest as well. i was trying not to laugh (or be grossed out) because it was REALLY important to him to have hair 'like daddy's'.
it was so important that he refused to get into the pool for awhile because he knew all of the hair would come off and said 'i want to be like daddy and i have hair all over like him now.' so finally Jason took it into his own hands and threw Peyton into the pool.Peyton wasn't mad, but made Jason throw him in a couple more times.

i am so NOT ready for this boy to have 'hair all over'!