Haircut Day

This morning we were all set to go to Andrew's soccer game. I was dressed, Andrew had his uniform, I was looking for his shoes (which I never did find) and then... it started to rain. Five minutes later there was a notice that the soccer fields were closed because of the rain. So no soccer. If this had happened 30 minutes earlier I could have gotten the kids into their Halloween costumes and headed over to a Halloween party. Instead, the kids wanted to play in the rain. The rain only lasted about 15 minutes so they were happy to play in the mud. As always, they became covered in mud, even Dylan. Now he wants to be part of whatever is going on.

While Dylan took his nap, I remembered that Andrew has school pictures on Tuesday. Gina wanted a haircut and Andrew was looking a little shaggy so we were off to the haircut place with Nana. They ended up being busy but could take all three kids later in the afternoon. So we went back two hours later with all three kids. The kids played upstairs since it wasn't quite time but then Andrew started calling: Mama! Mama! Accident time. Of course I had forgotten a change of clothes so I rushed Andrew home to change while Nana looked after the other two. When we returned, Dylan's hair was done. My mom was a little shocked at how short they cut it, but it looked similar to his last haircut. Gina was happy with her hair especially since they put glitter and a new clip in it. Then it was Andrew's turn. I told the woman I wanted his hair curly but not so fluffy. In the past that description has been fine. She even asked if I wanted it as short as Dylan's and I said No, longer. This time though she took out the clippers and the next thing I knew, blond curls were falling to the floor. His hair ended up being very short. And no curls. Next time, I will insist on only scissors.