To thy Hair - - - Be GONE!!

I had to laugh as I read from this blog to that.  You see, it seams that I am not the ONLY one that found it necessary to cut some hair this week -- and I don't mean my own.

I desperately tried to be patient, and allowed all my boys - especially the teenagers, the opportunity to do what THEY chose to do with their hair.  I've let this go on for a few years actually, insisting on a trim here and there, but letting them choose the style. 

Before I proceed, let me post some before photos which were taken while on the family vacation only a couple of weeks ago...

 

So let me just ask all of you:

DO YOU SEE Very much EAR in these Photos?????(not including the ones that just aren't visible due to the angle of the pictures.)

You know, those things attached to either side of your heads that allow you to HEAR what is going on, or when you are being spoken to.

Well, I'm guessing there's a small possibility that Cindy's mind was working very much along the path mine was.

If my boys ears are SO covered by hair that they can NOT find it possible to LISTEN to me when I am trying to talk with them, then MAYBE, just MAYBE I should make sure there is no longer the opportunity for any additional muffling of my voice.

I DID take time to cool off after being totally ignored by ALL of my children --and wanna know that saddest part -- I was trying to ask them to take care of 15 minutes worth of chores so I could take them all out to Dairy Queen or Michael's Craft, something fun to take a break on one of my few days off.  They all chose to talk over me; yawn and lay down while I was talking; leave the Room (Oh, not a good idea buddy boy) and then, upon my excusing everyone to just get on with it, they decided it was time to get back to playing & screw the chores.

---That's IT!! I'm DONE with this garbage.  If having longer hair that is sweaty and icky and is making you BEHAVE icky and nasty, then I guess it's time I take over, and you can just say BYE-BYE to your Hair!  (They know -- If this doesn't work, say bye to the t.v....as in unplugged and no longer in the family room.)

In all fairness --  I DID give them a say for the hair style THIS time too (though they didn't deserve it)...not a whole lot of one, but their voices WERE heard (Unlike MINE, which is how they got IN to this boat) and that is how the big boys avoided total buzz cuts. The 2 younger boys, however, CHOSE their buzz cuts.

Ahhhh, let the light shine thru. . . .

 

... What is THIS?!

    ..... Say it ain't so ...

. . . . . We were SO sure the Aliens had come and traded our kids in for very poor replacements.

But lo and behold, I have MY SONS!!

 They have EARS.  They look GOOD.  And ya wanna know thee very best part -- They have actually been LISTENING and HELPING and even working WELL together and with their sister ever since the cutting of the hair.  Talk about SHOCKING.

I love my kids, and I love being a Mom, but there are some days I just have to hold my ground and prove a point - having hair is a PRIVELAGE! One that I will no longer let go wild.  It's been a year filled with tough adjustments and meltdown and frustrations.  But the summer has given us the break from school, and I got a MUCH needed break from home/kids/& work.  This gave me the energy to finally put my foot down.  WOW am I happy with the results!!  (and my foot didn't hurt either.) :o)

Enjoy your new hair cuts boys -- the better attitudes are MUCH appreciated, and I even like that you take faster showers now. Love ya xoxo :o)