Yesterday (Friday) was my friend Andy’s mom’s 60th birthday. He and the rest of the family organized a surprise birthday party for her after work. Before the party, Susan and I were scrambling to get both ourselves and the kids ready to go. While Susan was getting Morgan dressed, I was putting my shoes on when all of a sudden I realized Mason was being a little too quiet. I called out his name, and when he came walking around the corner I realized why he was being so quiet — he was concentrating on cutting his own hair with scissors.

And so, five minutes before time for us to leave for a party, I had a four-year-old boy with no bangs. Technically, Mason only cut half of his bangs off (the left half). Susan cut the rest of them off to make it even. His little hair-do was quite the talk of the party.

Today, Mason went to the barbar shop where they all but shaved his head. Great timing, exactly 10 days before his first ever school pictures.