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Friday, May 28, 2010

Hair today, gone tomorrow...probably back soon

What could be holding the kids' attention so captive?


What would make them sit there so nicely, with such suspense-filled absorption?

There must be some sort of side show going on.

Yep, there was.


After nine months of

B-E-A-R-D,

Joe was finally...

removing it.

Adios!

Can you believe this is how he cuts his hair? He's been using the same clippers (given to him by a 90-year old retiring barber) and cutting his hair like this since he was 15 years old.


Usually, Joe starts growing a beard during the Christmas holiday when he's off work, then keeps it for a couple of weeks...or maybe a couple of months.

But this year--
you know how brutal our winter climate is here in Texas (hehe)
--he started growing it before our fall trip.

The kids were so excited not just because the clippers came out but because they knew they would have a creative hand in the process.

They get to tell him step-by-step how to cut it off.

"Shave some long, pointy mutton chops."
"Make a goatee with long sideburns."
"Cut it off on the bottom of your chin but keep a really long mustache."
"Make a small mustache now."
"Okay, cut out the middle of your tiny mustache."


Requests granted.

Oh, one last one from Mom: "Please finish off the 'stache!"
(I didn't take a final photo, but believe me, it's gone!)

Joe thinks shaving is overrated, but he values it for the creative and entertainment factor...once in a while anyway.

We'll see how long it lasts before he starts his next facial crop.

2 comments:

Angela said...

This post actually made me laugh out loud!! I mean, not the post itself, but the photo montage of his beard shave. Oh my... some of those "requests" he granted were hilarious!!!! How could you not take a final picture!?!!! Now, forever- until I either see him again, or see a picture, I'll picture Joe with a thick 2 inch strip of a mustache!! :)

L a u r a said...

Ooh, yeah. I'll have to get an after shot to get that image out of your head, Ange!

The only reason I didn't was that I was cleaning up violins and getting everything together for the kids recital that day...so I ended up missing the very last part and then we had to fly!

It's the image I try to forget as well! =)