Mohawk and Suggestions

As a parent, it is a rite of passage to embarrass or irritate your children every now and then. It's one of those circle of life things. Your parents did it to you, you do it to your kids, one day they will do it to theirs. As I was shaving Big Daddy's head this weekend (it saves $$!) he had the brilliant idea to have me give him a mohawk. It was Saturday and we had a whole day and a half to ride out our plan before he would have to shave off the swath of hair that was left down the center of his head. The plan was simple to embarrass our kids and make them sweat a little.

We giggled giddily as the hair piled to the floor. It was fabulous! A sincere mohawk.....to get a rise from the children.

And did we ever. Like perfect timing, as I clipped off the last patch of hair, daughter Sledge came bounding into the bathroom to ask a question....."Momma? Momma? Can we go to MacDonald's today for lun----" Sledge stopped in her sentence, "Whu? Whu?What is that?"

"It's Daddy's new haircut!" I answered.

"Ut-un! No WAAAAY! Momma! Cut it off, cut it!"

Big Daddy laughed, "What's wrong with it? I think it looks cool!"

"You can't keep it like that, Daddy!"insisted Sledge.

"Hey, did you want to go to McDonald's?" Big Daddy asked.

Sledge quickly changed her mind. She no longer wanted to go IN McDonald's, she wanted to go through the drive through. Big Daddy insisted that they go into McDonald's for lunch.

After a debate, Sledge headed downstairs to get more opinions and to spread the word on her conservative daddy's new haircut to her even more conservative brothers.

The three of them rushed back upstairs to see if Sledge was being overly dramatic. Their mouths hit the floor when they saw Big Daddy's newly shaved mohawked head.

After a great discussion a hat was out onto the head and out the door they went. It played out quite funny through Sunday, until I cut off the remaining hair for the military cut that Big Daddy likes. "It's easy to maintain, cuts down on shampoo and I don't have to brush my hair..."

It was a funny weekend, to watch the three children squirm.

This weekend, I took yet some more portraits. Tis the season!

You can view some preview pics of those portraits at Photographic Memories Blog.

I also added some new pictures in my smugmug photo gallery.

While we are on the subject of pictures, I wanted to mention this, the photo site, Snapfish is currently offering 25% off of many of their products. As a part of my " gifts to give holiday post" I want to recommend ordering Photo books for the people on your list. For friends, teachers, parents and grandparents...it's a wonderful idea. You custom create the booklets by uploading pictures from your computer to the site. It is fast and easy to navigate and understand.When ordering, be sure and use the giftcode "bestsellers 2008" to receive your discount. Snapfish is offering 20 holiday photo cards for only one penny each with coupon code CARD08 Offer expires November 23rd, 2008. Don’t forget, new Snapfish members will receive 50 free 4×6 prints just for signing up.

Finally, be sure to check out my Recipe Blog, Plates & Places for some great new recipes. Up now is lemon bars. I have some really good recipes to post this week, as we near the holiday's. I think they will be ones you might want to try when preparing your meals.

Have a blessed week!