For Daniel's 18 month birthday, I decided to schedule his first haircut. There's a place called Cool Cuts where kids can get their haircut while sitting in race cars or fire engines and watching movies. I figured Daniel would be so entranced by all the toys and fun stuff that the haircut would be a non-event. Not so.
We signed in at our appointment time, and the stylist was just finishing up with a customer. After the other kid left, we had the whole place to ourselves. The stylist was uncommunicative almost to the point of being surly - not a good sign. She looked at Dad, camera at the ready, and Mom, red-eyed from crying in the car, and asked if this was his first haircut. Duh.
Daniel was seated in a fire engine, and Thomas the Tank Engine was playing on the TV in front of him. By then, he realized something very different was about to happen. As soon as the smock went on, Daniel started crying and reaching for Mommy. Tears rolled down his cheeks, he held my hand and tried to thwart all hair cutting efforts.
Though she wasn't the most personable, I have to give the stylist credit. She managed to cut off all those adorable curls, and Daniel looks like a well-groomed little boy. We spent some time playing with the toys afterward. I'm hoping that's the part he'll remember when we go back!
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