it's done

both kids got their 'first' hair cut today. (you might remember that i cut madelyn's rat tail shortly after her first birthday.) here are their "before" pictures:

mason really, really needed to get his hair cut and madelyn really, really wanted to get hers cut. at least she did until yesterday. she found my pony tail donation that i hadn't yet mailed (i needed to buy a padded envelope) and suddenly 'missed' my long hair and became afraid that she would miss her hair or that it would hurt her to have her hair cut (because the scissors are sharp). this made me a little concerned about how today would go, because she was crying about missing her hair during lunch just before we were leaving. i told her that she didn't have to cut her hair, but she was positive that she wanted it cut "like the lady on the stage from mommy's show" (translation: like the host, cat, from so you think you can dance who had her hair pinned up like a shoulder length bob this week). and that is what she told the staff at the store/salon when we got there.

here are some pictures from their cuts in progress:
and here are their "after" pictures:

i think that mason's cut is a little unfortunate (a la jim carry in dumb and dumber"). i tried to brush his bangs to the side for the picture above because they are so short and square. matt thinks that it looks fine for a one-year-olds first hair cut. matt was just thrilled that he didn't try to jump from the chair during the hair cut.

i got a little emotional during madelyn's cut because she is going up so fast and i knew that the cut would make her look even older. (she looks stunned in the pictures because she was watching a show that she had never seen before during the cut.) but i must say that it suits her personality perfectly and i am really glad that we let her do what she wants with her hair.

it was great that daddy could be there with us today because i got a lot more pictures than i would have without him. he chased mason while i snapped away during madelyn's cut. now everyone has a summer cut except daddy, but i will take care of that tonight. love.