October 22nd, 2009 at 12:00 (Home skills)
This week, I learned a new skill… I cut Chris’ hair. He usually gets it cut by an actual stylist but thought maybe I should give it a shot, in the interest of saving a bit of money. I told him that I was willing to cut his hair so long as he didn’t mind being a little funny looking when he went to work.
We forgot to take a “before picture, but here’s about halfway through. His hair gets pretty poofy when it grows out.
Using the clippers wasn’t too hard, other than figuring out which comb thing to use. And figuring out how far up to go. And trying to make it even all the way around. And trying to get it blended with the top.
What really took some practice was using the scissors. Between trying not to cut myself or Chris, figuring out which hand to hold the comb in and making sure things were mostly even, I felt like I was all thumbs! I think the back actually turned out pretty good, though.
It took me a very long time to cut his hair, but I’ll probably get faster. Anyway, there were only a couple of “ooops” spots.
Not bad for my first attempt, if I do say so myself.
Of course, then CareBear had to have a turn. Her first haircut!
And then LiliBee… not that she has enough hair with which to actually do anything.
