Sunday, January 20, 2008

A Trip to Walnut Street Barber Shop


Yesterday was a big day. Yesterday morning, daddy took me to breakfast at Gailey's Breakfast Cafe on Walnut Street in Dowtown, Springfield. We had breakfast with Granddad and Doll. It was so much fun. I had "the Little Downtowner," with eggs (scrambled) and two sausage patties. It also had hash browns. So yummy. I ate both of the (very big) sausage patties.

After eating breakfast, daddy took me across the street to the Walnut Street Barber shop for my first haircut. Yes, my first haircut ever. Mommy gave daddy specific instructions -- the barber could cut the back and the sides, but he COULD NOT cut the top or the front. Anyway, I was a little nervous but I didn't cry. Granddad and Doll came to the barber shop to watch. And the paparazzi were out in full force -- just like Britney!

I wasn't too excited when the barber started. Doll had to help me not get my hands in the barber's way, while daddy and Granddad took lots of pictures.

My daddy got a haircut while we were at the barber shop too. Daddy likes to say that he got "his ears lowered" instead of a haircut.

The best part of my first hair cut was that the barber gave me a sucker before he started my hair. I heard daddy telling Doll that he gave me the sucker so I would stay still. If the trick to getting candy is to stay still, I might stay still more often. I also heard daddy tell the barber that mommy wasn't going to be very happy about the sucker. But the barber didn't seem to care. Anyway, back to that sucker -- it was a grape dum-dum and it was very yummy!
For a little bit of time, my daddy was getting a haircut at the same time as me. My daddy really likes this picture.

The barber's name was Mr. Herschel. He was really nice and my daddy called him "patient." He gave me a certificate that said that I had graduated from "babyhood" with my first haircut. He doesn't know it, but I graduated from babyhood when I started this new blog. He also gave my daddy a ziploc bag with some locks of my hair in it for my baby book.
Don't I look happy with my sucker, and with Doll and Mr. Herschel?

Here is a picture of Mr. Herschel holding me. He asked for a copy of this picture for his drawer full of baby pictures. There were two other big boys in the barber shop waiting for a haircut and their mommy said that Mr. Herschel did their first haircuts.

Here is a picture of me, Granddad, and daddy, after my haircut and daddy's haircut.
I can't wait until my next haircut, because I want another sucker.

1 comment:

Jolene said...

Ah, how sweet, you and Dad getting your first haircut. Love the pictures.