Time for a haircut!

Yesterday I attempted to try a "mother/son haircut day" but that didn't go as planned. I have been going to Great Clips by my house, but for some reason every senior citizen in Mesa was waiting in line. What the heck? I was set on getting hair cuts, so I drove to my 2nd choice, (which use to be my 1st choice for most of my life, but that is another story for another time) Supercuts. They had no wait when we walked in, the stylist attempted to be friendly with Caleb, but he was not about to sit in the chair with a cape. His face filled with panic and I knew only 1 of us would be getting a haircut today. Caleb sat there quietly, lollipop tightly held in his hand with no attempt at licking it just yet. At one point, he smiled at me and said "Momma." Precious are those words to me now.

We left Supercuts and I thought to try a kids salon to see if that would be more inviting for Caleb. Normally, his Nana trims his hair, but it has gotten really long and he was just due for a nice all around cut. Question is, would he sit still long enough to get that done? I went into Lollilocks, but they didn't have an appointment until today, so I booked one. They had bins of balls which Caleb loves to play with and when our name was first called, Caleb went running in the opposite direction. We sat down in the chair and she tried to cape him, but he was not having a cape. Luckily I brought his bib along which is not much different from a cape, but it helped to protect him from some hair. She started spraying his head and trimming and I was amazed at how calm he was. Another gal helped a ton by blowing bubbles at Caleb. He had so much fun trying to catch them. It preoccupied him from the haircut. He had some toys to play with as well, but the bubbles did the job! I thought to myself, what a nice job to have. Blowing bubbles for kids while they get their haircut.

I offered Caleb a lollipop a little too soon for being so good. It managed to collect a bunch of his hair and it was really gross! I had to take it away before he ingested too much hair which upset him, but I promised him a balloon from Trader Joe's. Even better. All of his long locks are gone for now, but he looks so handsome and clean cut. Yeah for Lollilocks!