Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Crazy Hair Day



Born with a personality to match the hair. I love it! I love him!



The boys had "crazy hair day" at school. Caleb, especially, is all about school spirit and was excited for the big day. However, he was concerned at bedtime the night before that his new hair cut would make it hard to express himself in an appropriately crazy way. There was talk at school of crazy spikes, tails, mohawks and other such coolness. How could he compete?




In the morning, I surprised Caleb with green hair spray bought on a late night trip to Wal-mart, Target, Rite Aid, and then finally Walgreens (which proved successful). He was so thrilled with the concept of color. Dallin and Blake were thrilled with the idea of being like their big bother so my entire crew went a little crazy.




After sending both Caleb and Dallin to school, I set out to run some errands with Blake. It took me a while to interpret the looks I was getting from fellow shoppers. I guess out of context, a one year old with green hair reflects questionably on the mother. At first, I felt the need to explain... then, I didn’t. I gained confidence in my decision to let Blake participate in “crazy hair day” as we passed by every mirror and window in the store. At his reflection, Blake would shout with excitement, “yook ma” and flash me an adorable Hanchett grin. Thus confirming "crazy hair day" can be just as important to a one year old as it is to his big brothers.