Snippets

This afternoon I decided to take Caleb to "Snippets," to get his hair cut. While it was fun to go out and experience what they call "Chicagoland's premier childrens' hair salon," I can now say that I'm ready to go back to Papa Strom or Uncle Dave for haircuts. Caleb has always been a pretty squirmy little guy, so it was no surprise that it was difficult to get him to sit still (even with the cool toy car that he got to sit inside for the cut). The hard part for me was that I felt like the haircutter was getting annoyed by his squirminess. My little Caleb! How could anyone think he's not the best little boy ever!? Well, after a few minutes of trying to keep him still we decided to try to distract his attention with a lollipop. At first, Caleb had no idea what to do with it, but then as soon as his tongue got a taste of the sweetness, he sat perfectly still and enjoyed his sucker! Even then, as I was so happy that my little boy was sitting so perfectly content, the haircutter's mood didn't seem to change. That's when I realized I am a mom: I love Caleb so much and just want (or assume) everyone else to love him in the same way. Caleb is simply the most wonderful little boy in the world to me...even if the haircut lady doesn't say so! Being a mom, I'm beginning to understand a lot more about my own mom, about Erik's mom, and about moms in general. You have a love for your child like nobody else can. To you, your child is the best and you want the world to know it! And as for haircuts, Papa Strom, we'll take "Tony's Basement Barber Shop" over "Snippets" any day. There's that face again!
Our little Caleb...looking so grown up!
The lollipop saves the day!


Here's Caleb freshly trimmed up, relaxing after all the hard work!
Lately Caleb has been into crawling in and under things. We spent a few minutes this morning crawling through the chairs in our dining room like it was a big maze. The other day when Papa Strom was babysitting, the two of them were doing some "basic training" on the back porch by crawling through an old box. Maybe that's where he picked up this new hobby!