Adventures in Cutting Hair

We took Kainoa to get his hair cut at a kid's salon, when he was 1 year old. He didn't do quite well. He cried almost the whole time, so we didn't do that again. So after almost 3 years of myself having the privilege of cutting Kainoa's hair, we've been trying to convince him to go to the kid's hair salon in the mall. The place is called Whipper Snippers. It's decorated super cute with colorful polka dot walls, fun car and airplane chairs and videos on cute furry TVs. So much fun, you'd think any kid would be excited, but not Kainoa. He's been turning down our suggestions to go for months now. So today while visiting the mall, again we were prodding Kainoa to go. We were layering on the "You'll look so good"... "It's so much fun"... "You'll get a lolipop". Yes, we resulted to bribes and finally he gave in. He hopped up in the airplane and his eyes ere glued to Toy Story 2. He actually did great, not a fuss or peep out of him. Not a peep... even when asked polite questions by the hairstylist. Yeah he's a shy guy, but we survived the professional haircuts and it was worth the money. It looks better than anything I've ever done. So good day until we got home... With one haircut down and one to go, I figured we might as well cut the other one's hair. I'm sure the ladies at Whipper Snippers were wondering why clearly both my kids were in need of a haircut, but only one was actuallly getting it done. So we decided to bite the second bullet and just cut Keoni's hair too. Um good idea in theory... Not that Keoni ever really enjoyed haircuts, but he never put up much of a fight.... until today. That kid screamed from beggining to end, even with a lollipop in his hand. Ugh! It was a nightmare and couldn't be over faster. We were both relieved and now both boys look sharp and no more haircuts at least for a couple months :P

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