Caesar's First Haircut...
Monique | Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 1:30PM I can't remember all the reasons why we decided never to cut the Minions' hair. {Though, ultimately we had no say with Samara.}
But I can remember the moment we made the decision; We were 18, when Christian turned to me one day and said "When we have kids, I don't want to cut their hair until they can make that choice for themselves. Including the boys."
And I nodded, more taken aback by the "When we have kids..." part, I would have agreed to just about anything.
He had cut his own mid-back length hair the year before {I'd just missed it, still in Hawaii} and he appreciated being able to make his own decisions pertaining to growing it out and cutting it off, not allowing anyone to influence when they told him what they thought he should do.
It was contrary to the norm and it suited him. Period.
When Caesar was born we marveled over his head full of hair and hoped he wouldn't be tender headed, as we were spoiled by the awesomeness and ease of Samara.
But of course, he was.
As of recent, the stress of chasing him around with a hairbrush became too much for Christian and I {mostly I, since Caesar preferred I did his hair}.
We three decided it was time.
At almost 5 years old, Caesar would get his first haircut.
And yesterday, he did.
While he didn't necessarily "agree", he did understand that his unruly curls needed a trim. Still. We all agonized.
His curls are so tight, his hair looks shorter, but it is truly to his behind.
Not knowing how he'd react, but knowing our son's nature, we finally opted to let my mom do the honors.
We, naturally, decided to keep his braid.
Blissfully unaware...
After we showed him his braid, he took some time to cry as my mom evened him out.
But hugs from Daddy {and a shiny 2009 penny} made it a little better.
We'll still battle the constant "She's so beautiful!" comments, cutting only about 7 inches, but Caesar still looks like Caesar.
I'm confident that my son is not completely traumatized as he promptly zoomed around the backyard with his aunt and cousin.
Christian and I are still sad pandas, even though the change is not a huge one, we didn't come to this decision lightly, especially knowing that Caesar wasn't completely on board as we'd always hoped and that was rough in itself.
Moreso, we're saddened by the realization that our first baby boy has truly grown, he explained why he didn't want his hair cut, and then accepted the reasons why we he needed one, as calmly as an over emotional 4 year old could.
We're outrageously proud of him.
