Hair Cut Gone Bad

Both of my children inherited the lucky Graham gene when it comes to hair. They better thank Jesus for that. Their mommy has her Russian grandmother's fine, thin hair:) Roy and his family have wonderfully, thick hair, and unfortunately this requires a hair cut just about every 2-3 weeks if you are a boy.

Roy Austin has needed a haircut badly for a few weeks. I've just been waiting for a day when Caroline was in school and I didn't have many errands to run. So, yesterday was the day. I had a free boy's haircut coupon to use at a children's hair salon down the road. Now, Sweet 'n Sassy is primarily for girls, but they do offer boy styles, too. And a free haircut at a $10 value? Yes, I'll take it. BIG mistake.

I walked in and realized that I was all alone in the store. No customers, no employees. Just me, Roy Austin, tons and tons of glittery-diva-ish-little-girl-trying-to-be-big-merchandise, and some pop music playing very loudly (1st clue). I stood there dreading the day that my sweet little girl, who willingly wears smocks and mary janes, will want to come to a place like this. Anyway, I was finally greeted by an employee. Her nametag read "Miss Theresa. Stylist to the Stars" (2nd clue). She took down my info and then led me over to our stylist for the day. She couldn't have been over 20. I'm guessing 19 (third clue). She timidly approached a wiggly RoyBoy and this is when it all went down. Now, I am not a hair stylist, but I've stood by RoyBoy while he gets his hair cut enough times to know how to trim hair! You know how stylists comb a chunk of hair, hold it between their two fingers and then cut the excess? This didn't happen. She took it in her fingers but she randomly snipped the hair at an angle--not all the hair in one clean line. She did this all over his head in random spots. There was no pattern to her trimming. I was seriously cringing the whole time as I witnessed uneven lines all over his head. When she approached his forehead area, I wanted to tell her to stop and I would take over. I like to style Roy Boy's hair to the side, just like a little man. Well, let's just say that this may be hard to do for a while. Bless his heart, it's so uneven! It looks like Caroline got a hold of some scissors and played beauty shop:

And look at the sideburns! She trimmed them to a point. What in the world?:

The only positive thing about this is that he does have Graham hair. It will grow quickly. I think it's safe to say that we will not be visiting Sweet 'n Sassy again. I guess we are just Great Clips kind of people!