your hair wants cutting: the sequel

"Your hair wants cutting," said the Hatter. He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was his first speech.
"You should learn not to make personal remarks," Alice said with some severity; "it's very rude."

~ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Chapter VII: A Mad Tea Party

Well, Jack's hair definitely wanted cutting ...



but since other attempts at shearing our lamb had not turned out so well ... we decided (to mix a few metaphors) to quit bringing mohammed to the mountain and instead brought the mountain to him.

miss courtney arrived at our house just a few minutes after the appointed time of 8:30 (darn beltway traffic!) and greeted jack. mommy had explained all morning how our friend miss courtney would be coming, and how she would play with his hair and how it would feel ticklish ... but nice.

well, the minute old courtney walked in, he smelled a rat! he was very reluctant to even look at her, and when he got strapped into the barber chair (aka his high chair) he lost it. he was screaming like a banshee.

but courtney, bless her heart, persevered (with mommy holding jack's head still when she cut out the ears) and finished his cut. and when he was done and calmed down, he did look awfully cute:

and the fact that he got to help clean up the fallen locks? well, that was just a bonus for our little cinderelly ...