I made it through the toddler years without even a small scissor incident – any bad haircuts the children ever sported were entirely my fault. So why did my son, only days before his 7th birthday, decide that NOW was the time to try his hand at cutting his own hair? He cut his hair very short right across the front, at a slant. I thought I’d make him wear it that way for a few days, just to have the lesson sink in.
My husband had another plan: give him a buzz cut.
It looks awful. Even with the clipper set on the “tallest” setting, he’s still pretty well bald. And since he’s a very pale redhead, I fear for the skin of his scalp. I ordered him to wear his hat outside at school until his hair grows back. Between the (temporary) tattoo of a cobra on his bicep and the buzz cut, he looks a bit like a prisoner. 
I’m only glad that I got some decent pictures of him on Sunday at his father’s birthday party…and that his hair grows really fast!
But consider! My youngest daughter cut her hair in almost exactly the same place the day BEFORE her school pictures. Sigh. It’s a good thing hair grows back quickly, isn’t it?
by anny cook October 14th, 2009 at 10:52 amSigh – there are school calendar pictures next week…
by Jenyfer October 14th, 2009 at 10:57 am