Lex likes to take things slowly, in steps,
which allows for lots of “firsts” :) Today he had his first
professional haircut in the big chair! The nice lady was
thrilled not to have to sit on the floor behind him again
:)

A few days ago we were talking about
how his hair is getting pretty long. I asked if he wanted long
hair or if he wanted to get it cut. He chose cut. By a
professional (not by me!). By Kristie at Vivo (that’s who did
his hair before). So I called an made an appointment. All week
he has been asking to go play at the toy store, so I decided to
see if we could combine the trips. Actually, earlier in the
week he was looking at the calendar and decided that on Friday
we would play at the toy store and on Saturday we would get his
hair cut. He was even going to write it on the calendar, but
decided not to at the last minute. Anyway, Kristie wasn’t
available on Saturday, so I made the appointment for today and
told Lex that if he sat in the big chair and let her cut his
hair with no fuss then we could go to the toy store. And boy
did he ever!! He was excited to go, waited patiently for his
turn, picked out a book to read and climbed right into the
chair. He put his head up and down as she requested and even
let her use the clippers!! All in an effort to earn a trip to
the toy store, I think :) So off we went. They played for half
an hour and as we were leaving Lex said, “Oh, wait, we need to
buy something!” Shoot!! So close!! I guess he’s figured out the
point of a toy store after all. It was bound to happen someday.
I told him that since he did such a great job with his haircut
and played so well at the store and was listening to me so
sweetly that I would buy him one small toy. He chose another
Lego playset and was thrilled to make the “emergency
helicopter” with Alan at lunchtime.