The boys are successfully shorn
Like little sheep, or fluffy dogs, we have shorn the boys. With our Wahl dog grooming kit. The one we used to mutilate the dog. That one. The one that made the dog look like it was tossed into a tornado funnel with a razor.

What could make us so stupid? Well, I'll tell you.

I did it all for the money. That's right, I am cheap (poor). I have just moved, have lots of bills, three boys and a caffeine habit.

It's $10 a head for a little bit of hair, plus tips, making a trip to the barber shop about $36-$40. Two boys are shaved clean and one I am letting grow out a little, so he would have more sculpting, but less hair to remove.

I don't pay someone $10 plus tips to shave my legs and pits, do I? And after the last couple of hack jobs on their precious heads, I thought I COULD do better with a disposable razor or my handy dandy Venus.

So I thought, "Well shoot! I can't shave the dog, I should try to shave the kids!"

I mean, how will I ever learn to shave the dog if I don't practice?

We also knew we could go to the mall and get them fixed up before closing time. So onward and shave upward....

Eldest steps into the bathtub, towel draped around him. Buzzzzz goes the hubster, down goes the hair. Hey! This is pretty good! Get the closer attachment. Buzzzz oh hey! That's goood. Get the sideburns and the back and you've done it. A little short on top, but Taters would be bald if we'd let him, so he's pleased.

And all this time I was thinking, I pay $10 plus tips to let some guy do this to my son while he stands around, his pants belted around his thighs, talking about his mama and her bitchin', while he's nicking my son's neck and dousing him with baby powder.

We left out the powder and told him to deal with it.

On to the next child, and here's where the problems ensued. Still though, all in all, if you don't see the bald spots where I took too much off, I'd say it wasn't so bad.

I've never cut hair like that and I used it all with the magic of different Wahl accessories for different length hair on dogs. Heh.

I used the longest all over, then started sculpting with shorter and finally finishing with his neck and sideburns. It's definitely not a work of art, but as long as no one looks too closely, I won't be arrested.

The third child is sad. Oh his hair looks fine, but whenever we get it cut, I lose a piece of myself. He has beautiful blonde curls and they all go away with each snip.
- posted by Ginxy @ 6/21/2004 05:11:00 AM