Owen Gets A Cut....Again!

One of the things I was most excited about when I found out I was having a boy was having a child with low maintenance hair!! Well, this is not the case! Owen's hair grows ridiculously fast and it's just a huge puff ball when it gets long. He has really thick, coarse hair like Mike so it just has to be kept short. It used to not be an issue because I would just follow him around with scissors and snip whenever he stopped moving. Well, now he has his own opinions and he just runs from me and yells NO! And last time whenever I snipped, he'd say OUCH! I knew I wasn't hurting him but it was nerve-wracking to hear him say ouch!

So I was dreading this week because we are getting family pictures taken soon. But last night I had a major epiphany!

I strapped him into his booster seat, gave him some smarties which are his favorite sweet treat and went to town on his hair! He still said OUCH frequently but he held still and didn't wiggle too much! Victory!!! And he was so excited about the candy that he actually clapped for me when I was all done :) What a sweetie!