The Tangrens

It has become a tradition with my boys (meaning Derek and Hyrum) to get donuts after getting their hair cut. It all started with me asking Derek to pick up something at the store on the way home from getting haircuts one time. And since he was at the store on a Saturday morning he decided to get donuts. Hyrum was with him and he thought that's just what you do when you get a haircut...and so it was.

Noah got his first haircut this last Saturday (the 26th) We took the boys to Brad's Barber shop in Spanish Fork where Derek has been taking Hyrum about a year. Derek grew up going to barber shops and just prefers them... I have to say that I'm becoming a fan as well.

Hyrum needed his hair cut and went first. He is doing SOOOO much better with haircuts these days . I'm so proud of him. He's so brave. He was sad about loosing his curls this time so we had them cut it a little longer than they usually do.

As we waited for Noah's turn I had to get a picture of his only curls. The ones that only appear when his hair is altogether way too long.

He got in the chair and looked so small up there. And he actually sat still...for awhile

Those who have boys know that the worst thing about the first haircut ( and for the next couple years of subsequent haircuts) is the clippers. They are loud and tickly and that's hard to be still when your being tickled especially as a 1 year old

Part of the charm of a barber shop is that everyone get's involved. The two other men there waiting for their haircuts (who were sitting right in front of Noah) were making helpful comments laughing and commiserating on their experiences taking their sons to get first haircuts. It was unifying and fun to share this bench mark event. It seems to me that a boys first haircut is so much more eventful than a girls...but then again what do I have to compare it to?

He did pretty well in no small part to his Daddy making silly faces and sounds to distract him.

We'd brought other things as distraction but nothing distracts like new toys. The barber had a Barber Smurf toy. Noah thought it was great

and tasty

Toward the end of the haircut Noah was done and more extreme measures had to be taken

It was a good thing that he was in the chair by the window. He's very into cars these days.

He did so good all things considered

He thought he was done but then came the vacuum

At the end they presented us with a first haircut certificate that said that Noah had bravely completed all the requirements to getting his first haircut and had officially graduated from babyhood. ( You don't get this kind of thing at Supercuts!)

It was an occasion... and he absolutely got his donut.

What a handsome little man!