Lincoln's 1st Haircut

Lincoln finally got his first official haircut while we were back in MI. His mullet just had to go, we were fitting in, in West Virgina too well :). He didn't have much hair to cut, especially on top, but it still needed to be trimmed. I had trimmed it previously but my cut just wasn't working for him. So on Saturday (1/2/10) my Dad, "Papa", and I took Lincoln to get his haircut in Bridgman where my little sisters go. It was right in the middle of nap time, I know, not the best timing, but that's the appointment that they had so I wasn't sure how Lincoln would do. Thankfully my dad walked next door to Ben Franklin and picked up a sucker to keep him occupied while! Dad picked a Slow Poke, the messiest, stickiest sucker out there and by the time she was done the sucker had hair and slobber covering it, but it did keep him occupied and he didn't seem to mind :). He was great, the only time he was a little nervous was when she turned on the electric clippers. Papa was proud to have him on his lap and I was glad so I could snap some pictures!

About to get started!

As you can see, the mullet is GONE! Thank goodness.

Riley's 1st haircut

It was a big day for Riley today. It was her FIRST haircut. That's right folks, she's 2 1/2 and never had her hair cut. She's got the finest hair and lets just say it doesn't grow very fast. However, it had started to become unmanageable lately so I knew it was time. I was VERY unsure of how well it would go, especially because I had to wake her up from her nap. I was afraid she'd see the scissors and flip out. But, she did the complete opposite! She did SO well and was so proud of her new do.

I took her to the salon/spa that I go to and my hairdresser, Sarah, did her hair too. At one point during the haircut Sarah asked her what she was doing today and Riley said "Hmmm...let me think..." (like she's got so much going on) But, it was so grown up of her, actually made me sad that my little girl is getting older and bigger.

So here are a few (I think I took 200 pictures within the 10 minutes the haircut took :)) pictures from this monumental day :).

Don't mind her fat lip, poor thing dropped a toy on her lip yesterday when she was suppose to be "sleeping"!

Here are the before and afters:

BEFORE (front)

AFTER (front)

BEFORE (back)

AFTER (BACK)

Also, I do realize that it doesn't look much different (at all), but it desperately needed to be trimmed! I would have done it myself, but she just had to have the "whole experience".