On the Fringe...

...yes, my friends, the fringe is back...

I am kind of glad too...I kind of missed it.

I was a little nervous...since the last hairdresser made such a mess of

my hair...but, I went back to the girl who fixed it...and I am super

sold.... She's the best..! If you are in my area...you should ask me about it...

I will share in a flash...because good hairdressers are hard to find...and

when you do find one...you share! It probably doesn't help that I only get like 2 haircuts a year...
it's tough breaking away from everything to go spend time and money on well, myself and my hair...
but it needed it... and I'm glad it's done....
I came out of it in one cohesive piece....and no, not the weave kind...but those are cool too :)

I even went a little crazy (for me at least) and go some feather extensions...since it's obviously as

close to dying my hair as I'm willing to go...( I've never dyed my hair if you were wondering)

But, those gray hairs are creeping in slowly... I'm not ashamed to say...

(cause I earned every single one lol) so I may be joining the group before too much

longer (tear).

Tonight I finished up the first round of Christmas present-making!

I am so excited!
I started a little early this year...to make sure I had plenty of time to get everything done!

Last night I finished-ish ( that's a new word by the way) a new painting ...I am sorta happy with it...but I may tweak it just a bit more... I have been working a lot on sketching lately too...it's crazy how easily it is to get out of practice....! But I have been having fun with it!

Hope your day has been fabulous!!!!

Has anyone else started Christmas present shopping/making yet?!?!?

 

My Momma will be happy to know...

...that her big guy got a haircut...and shed not a single tear...

it's.a.miracle.!

Literally folks...I have mentioned his aversion to haircuts in the past ...and I mean this has been going on since his first haircut...at yes, 6 months!

How did we do it? Oh well, we bribed him with everything under the sun...but not quite the sun...

no luck...he even hid under the dining table at one point....

So, we did what any parent of a 3 year old now does...

plopped him in front of the TV and netflixed a movie!!!

Thank you, thank you to the makers of Tangled (the movie)...

I am forever indebted...like forever.

He didn't even blink, wince, twitch, or hardly speak...

and I could hardly speak from the shock of it all...and we all know that's nearly impossible...me not speaking that is...

Which begs me to question...

Why the cucaracha did I not think of this before?!?!?!

Ah well, better late than never....I could not be prouder right now if I tried!

oh ps...all that clutter and box business in the blurry background? Well, that's what moving looks like folks...excuse the mess puh-lease!

Golden Locks...no more...

That bird or mine...is getting so big. It is no surprise he has hit another milestone...

The 1st haircut.

Another non-surprise...he doesn't have the dark, thick, fast-growing hair his brother has...but no worries...these silky threads of his are adorable in their own rite...just because they're his.

Luca needed a haircut at 3 months...but I held out until he was 6 months old...I just couldn't bring myself to cut that gorgeous hair....

Canaan on the other hand, went a whole year without a haircut!  Not because I didn't think it was gorgeous, mind you...it just didn't grown as fast as Luca's. I have to say....I am a little sad again that it had to be done...well, had to be done,in the sense that the Mr. made me lol...these handsome boys would probably have long curls if it were up to this momma...isn't there something so ruggedly handsome about a man (or in this case, little boys) with long-ish hair? Hmmmm-kay....maybe its just me...I am rather a hippie. Well, like I said, the Mr. made me... sort of...and it was getting rather tiring to hear Canaan referred to as a she even when wearing his blaring-ly obvious boy attire... So...the deed was done...and fearing he would have the same reaction to the shears as his brother...I cringed hoping we didn't traumatize yet another hair stylist...but this time we wised up. Yes, this is possible. We took him to a kids salon....go figure...rocket science I know... and guess what?! They had toys...TOYS! and movies and oh.my.goodness....

ANIMAL CRACKERS.

This was the first snip of hair (above)...he didn't even know his hair was disappearing...! Thanks to those animal crackers I kept shoving in his mouth (well, I wasn't really shoving them in, come on now lol)...and that great movie that was playing right in his face lol! Luca played with the train set at the front of the salon the entire time...periodically stating, "I'm not getting my hair cut here.ever." Awesome...I hope he will outgrow this fear, eventually.

...and this is how my sweet, chubby, hippie ( albeit, pale as can be) baby...became a little boy; a toddler no less....and handsome! Though I am a little sad still...if I had to choose I prefer the "before"....but his new haircut isn't so bad...minus the square bangs...and the not-matching sideburns...I guess I have to get used to it...and mention the bangs situation the next time he goes for a trim....

...its amazing to me how much he grew up in a matter of 20 minutes....I wasn't at all prepared.

What's your vote- before or after? And yes, if you're wondering, I am going to use this little poll against the Mr. the next time haircut ideas start surfacing lol....

Speaking of vote...I am over here today participating in this photo contest...so if you would, pretty please take a milli-second to click the link and "like" the bird's picture I would ever so appreciate it!