At The Rocket Salon

At this stage, what we think is that dear Jack has inherited some of our curiosity. What we know is that he has inherited our capacity to grow hair. In fact, Grasshopper may have surpassed his elders, for he can excrete keratin like it's an Olympic sport. Mama presents a coiffure progression beginning from a few weeks before his birth to recent weeks when we became fond of the o-ichou, i.e. a sumo wrestler(ish) topknot.

On Friday we took him to The Rocket Salon here in Athens. Sure, we could have gotten his first tattoo but after some thought we opted for a first haircut instead. We did have to break out the Cheerios before it was over, but he was mostly an angel throughout. Now a Cheerio tattoo, there's a thought...(surprisingly, we could not find a link to a cheerio tattoo on the web).

Mama and Daddy kinda miss Sweet Pea's long and lovely locks. Mama won't claim that she heard the not-entirely-welcome sound of infancy's end as every snip fell to the floor. But she will say that she wishes he didn't have to grow up quite so fast.

Mamas, why do we have to let our babies grow up to be grown ups...?

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