My kids love going to the barber. I know some kids have a problem going to get their haircut, but I have been lucky. I took Cedric to watch me getting my haircut several times before it was actually his turn to get a haircut.
The guys at Longview Barber Shop in Clintonville are awesome with kids and definitely have a ton of experience cutting kids hair. Saturday mornings are usually packed with Dad’s and kids getting cuts.
After our cuts we would go home and play haircut and give each other haircuts using various toys as cutters and scissors. This of course led to him playing haircut by himself. Which of course led to him finding a real pair of scissors and attempting to cut his hair and then I had to take him to get his head shaved at the barber to try and hide the damage.
He mostly has outgrown this, but he still cuts his own hair from time to time. Heath has started doing the same thing, but not quite as much as Cedric did. From time to time they cut each others hair.
After Cedric’s latest foray into the barber world I decided that if I was going to have to get his head shaved again, I might as well do it myself. I ran out to Target and picked up a clipper set.
The boys had fun playing barber with me out in the front yard. Only one small nick on Heath’s ear. I think I will call it a success, but I will not be hanging out my barber poll anytime soon.
