Sam-I-Am had a haircut today. See that picture of him – yup, the one up there. Up, look UP. Yes, that one. The one with the hair. I took that photo a month ago and up until today he still hadn't cut his hair which grows, by the way, faster than Pamela Anderson's breasts.
Yup. It was long. Longer than the line-up for free samples at a Viagra convention. (I just realized something – erectile dysfunction pills are blue. Hair rinses for elderly women are blue. Does blue hair turn old guys off, necessitating blue pills??? Huh. Must think long and hard on this one.)
So to make a long hair short, Sam got his haircut. This was such a momentous occasion that I felt the need to commemorate it with photos.
Sam, being a typical 11-year-old boy (who turns 12 on Wednesday), does not know how to merely smile for the camera. The minute he sees one, his normally casual grin is replaced with all kinds of facial theatrics. Today was no different. In the space of a few moments I took these photos and then decided to post them here for his future embarrassment.
How I love being a mother.
I like the 2nd and last photo of Sam the Man, who is almost? 12 you say? and I do LOVE the colour BLUE !!! Ha, and if you missed my post two days ago, I am on Dave's side btw. You GO Dave !
ReplyDeleteSo I went to your blog and saw the toilet paper!!!!! You traitor!!!! LOL!!
DeleteI dragged Dave away from some sci fi movie on TV and made him look at your toilet paper and he laughed his head off as well as saying something like, "See? I'm right."
Pffffffft.... you know what they say about two wrongs....
Wow, what a difference!
ReplyDeleteI know! It's like, "who IS that kid?" Funny thing is, he looks more and more like my side of the family and I really notice it with his hair cut.
DeleteSomehow I think he had more than a hair cut. I'd say he had a lot of hairs cut, and cut a whole lot. And you're having such fun with him. Don't worry, he'll be fun again, in about six or seven years. Or so. If you don't kill each other in the meantime.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Sam may have a career in the stage or film. Nothing like getting started early.
I was just saying that to him last night - about the acting thing. He's actually a very funny kid. Makes everyone laugh all the time and I was telling him he should get involved with the school drama club this year. Great minds, bear...
DeleteAs my daughter tells my ten year old grandson, "Don't smile too much. We don't want them to think you enjoyed childhood when we flash these on the wall during your wedding."
ReplyDeleteHAR!!!!
DeleteI have one of those... the boys, that is. In fact, you can't take a picture anywhere near him without him sticking one of those goofy faces into the shot whether he's the subject or not.
ReplyDeleteAnd, um, hmm... you're going to have to think "long and hard" about erectile dysfunction? That kind of scares me.
Hey, at first I thought "had one of those" meant the little blue pills....
DeleteAndrew's comment about the long and hard question pre-empted my own. When training as a crisis telephone counsellor we were warned that some men would attempt to use the service for sexual gratification (we are cheaper than the sex lines) and told that expressions like 'I have a very, very big problem', or 'I have a hard problem' should set off alarm bells. I won no brownie points by saying that I didn't expect them to say that they 'had a teeny weeny problem which wasn't hard at all'.
ReplyDeletePS I love the hair cut - and the expressions are ones that can/should be used for blackmail at a later date. First serious girlfriend?
Oh, there's his face. And what a face! Almost 12 year old boys are the best (I have one of those too) and now that he can see everything again, I bet he'll have a super birthday.
ReplyDeleteFunny little man you have there, Cathy.
"Almost 12 year old boys are the best." I agree wholeheartedly, Laurita!
DeleteLove this!
ReplyDeleteWe, too, just did the back to school haircuts (amidst much protesting). In a moment that can only be described as impromptu, I decided to have the barber cut my hair as well. It was only $14 and I have long straight hair that only needed two inches cut off, plus I have no time to go to my regular hair stylist who takes three hours for no reason.
I think it might be better than the $200 haircuts I have had in the past......
best,
MOV
Yay for barbers! By the way, MOV, I just love your blog. Really enjoyed the visit this morning - thanks!
DeleteI like the last one best. Hey...with that long hair, I thought that was you lol.
ReplyDeleteI'm still spluttering from the blue hair/Viagra connection. Some things really need to be researched LOL
ReplyDeleteSam is a funny guy. It takes a great character to let Mom take photos for her blog when you're 11 going on 12.
Cathy you SLAY me!!! hahahahaha And Sam's photo theatrics remind me soooooo much of School Picture Day in the Calvin & Hobbes cartoons.
ReplyDeleteAre you the author of the North Day Nipissing blog post about the closing down of the train line? I'm not sure if that documentary is available anymore. I saw it on PBS in the fall of 1990, and a couple years later the 2 VHS Boxed Set became available in the PBS catalog and I bought it. It's never been released on DVD, but expensive used copies might be out there. I cannot recommend it enough. He starts on a small connector line in Sydney, NS and picks up the main rain line in Halifax, and travels all the way to Vancouver, getting off here and there to mingle with the locals, like the old guy that lives alone in the woods next to the tracks w/ his umpteen dogs and the train makes a special stop for him to unload all his supplies. Murray takes the small spur up to Moosonee, and the to Churchill. He interviews the Canadians who have no choice but to leave the Maritimes to look for work in the west.
Wow, he seems to have my photo-pulling-face disease. Can not have a serious shot for the life of me!
ReplyDeleteAlso, they always use blue liquid in panty liner commercials. Does that mean something? :)
Hi. I notice that my earlier comment has gone. I am so sorry - I didn't mean to be offensive.
ReplyDeleteBack to basics, I love Sam's hair and his faces. I pull some of those still if a camera is pointed at me. And those photos will make wonderful blackmail material.
He doesn't look like he embarrasses easily, but I know you're doing your best. He reminds me of Keith Moon in that first shot. When I was a boy my grandfather took me and my cousins to get our haircut. He instructed us, "Just tell them, I want a regular boy's haircut." To this day I don't know what the hell he meant.
ReplyDeleteSam? I just wanted to tell you that I like your haircut. Harley has always wanted to get a haircut, but his hair doesn't grow. Harley is sad that he has stale hair. Your hair is fresh.
ReplyDeleteAww doesn't he look smart now - although I kinda liked the shaggy look at the beginning - Oh talking about shaggy do you know that Viagra is now going to be sold by it's pharmaceutical name, just ask the chemist for MYCOXSAFOLPIN ^__^
ReplyDeleteOops that should be MYCOXSAFLOPIN ^___^
ReplyDeleteYou'd think in the summer he'd want to keep it short....
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