"Dad, I want a haircut..."

And there was much rejoicing!

Anyone who knows me very well knows that I am not a fan of lots of hair - especially on guys. I don't think I have a reason for this, I've just always prefered to have short hair - really short - you know, like so short you can't see it.

Well, our oldest son recently decided that he was tired of having the hairstyle that I have, and started growing his hair out. Ugh. I was not in favor of this process from the beginning, but he is almost 8 years old, so it's probably time that I let go and let him start making a few of his own decisions.

Here's what we ended up with:

I'm going to go ahead and refer to this picture as "before."

When I came home from the office today, he said the words I've been longing to hear: "Dad, I want a haircut."

Along with generally just not liking longer hair, this particular haircut was bothering me because I'm the one who gets him ready for school every morning, so I'm left dealing with his tangled birdnest mess of hair. Every day is a struggle. Getting him to hold his head up while I spray the hair, trying to keep him calm while I comb through the hair - it was a disaster, usually ending in tears (his and mine).

So, needless to say, I was excited at his change of heart. Here's the amount of hair we took off:

The basketball is just to give you an idea of the magnitude of hair that I trimmed off the boy's skull. There's probably more hair on the sidewalk right there than I've ever had on my head - OK, that's an exaggeration, but seriously, that's a boatload of hair.

Here's the final product:

Much better! And just to put your minds at ease, I remind you, this was HIS idea! And he likes the results!

Somedays it's so easy to make your dad proud and happy!

Until next time - RevPhil