Ya’ll remember the “haircuts by Morgan” incident,
right?
Well, we just went to have
all the girls’ hair cut for the first time since then – a first for Morgan and
Hannah…getting their hair cut by someone who’s not family.
They were all super pumped about going to Lapilo (the center
the school is at) to get their hair cut.
Every time I mentioned it during the day, they would just about burst
with excitement and run around screeching and hugging each other. HAHA! That’s how I feel when I’m about to go to a professional to
get my hair done!! I TOTALLY was
feeling their joy!
So we get to Lapilo, and walk down to the beauty shop…ok,
well, it’s big enough for the sink and small counter, a barber’s spinny chair,
and one chair to wait in. But
hey! It FEELS professional for
where we are. ANYWAYS, we walk in, and I ask who
wants to go first. All those
sparks of excitement were immediately extinguished and FEAR took over– likened
to the FEAR when you realize the nice doctor is now going to walk out and send
in the nurse who gives SHOTS.
Hannah and Morgan (because Morgan copies EVERYTHING Hannah
does due to her middle-child-identity-crisis “follower syndrome”) both back
into the corner and just about start to cry. Scary spinny chair and lady with an apron. I wasn’t about to let this flop. I wanted to be the one heading to
the spinny chair, but NO, I had to threaten them with a spanking (in my
whispering stern voice) and then gave into Hannah’s insistance on standing on
the chair only. After that, Morgan,
the follower, hopped right up into the chair. I had to stand directly in front of them and blow big
bubbles with the Bubble Yum that mom had just sent in a package (thank you
Mama!) for them to sit still and look straight ahead.
Is anyone feeling my pain right now?
After Hannah and Morgan finished, Josh took them to the base
store while I went and got Sarah from the school and raced back to sneak in her
haircut before the school van had to leave to go back to Sobega (our center). I’m sweating at this point –because
it’s not fall weather here.
Thankfully Sarah feels as I do about getting her hair cut by a
professional. PAMPERED. She hopped right into the chair and LIT
UP when I told her that it was ok if she still wanted her hair chopped...Ok, well, 4 inches…which is how much it
had grown since the haircut I gave her in April.
I just want to encourage you all to enjoy the little things in life. We are blessed to have a couple of
people here who give up hours out of each of their week to cut all of our hair
and keep us looking “kept” AND IT’S FREE!! LORD BLESS THEM!
Now to schedule an appointment for myself. Color. Cut. Happy Me.
Morgan & Hannah - enjoying their self made fort in the kitchen...because where else would you build a fort?? |