Mommy and Asher time + The Worst Haircut EVER

Asher and I decided we'd have a day together since Ayris was going to be at Papa and Grandma's house and Chris was at band practice.

We started our date at mommy's favorite store ever...TARGET. I'm not a fan of shopping but Target is my downfall. Just to give you an idea, when Ayris actually learned that places existed outside of our home, Target and McDonalds were the first she became familiar with. I believe those are still two of her favorites places to date.

Asher has never been quite as social as he was today...He would say "Hi" to everyone we passed. I was surprised at how many people said hello back. It must be that charm of his.

I made my way to the toy aisle and found what I was looking for...the Fun 2 Learn Laughtop (kids laptop that teaches them numbers/alphabet, etc.) I decided I would try to find Asher another dinosaur because he's been obsessed with the one he got at the Toy Factory last weekend. I found a package that had 15 or so dinosaurs in it. Asher of course couldn't wait to get his hands on three to be exact but instead of continuing his hellos' to everyone, he was now sticking his dinosaurs out and "Rooooaaaaarrrriiinnngggg" at everyone. It was really cute and I was proud that he was mine.


The next place we went was Arby's. Can you tell that food excites him? Specifically french fries?

The next place we went was to get his hair cut. It's amazing how ridiculous a kid can look if he gets a crappy stylist...I made sure to take pictures of the amazing work Maggie did before I tried to fix it myself:

Seriously?!?!

I don't know what is worse...a company employing someone who it is clear to me, should not be cutting hair OR the mom who still tipped her $3 for a $7 haircut (regularly $12 but I had a coupon...it's not like I'd take my son to someone who only charges $7 regularly--come on!)...in my defense, I feel guilty if I don't tip people...her situation could be dire...she could have kids to support...actually, come to think of it, she does...she managed to tell me she had a 10 month old son at home...and regardless of her lack of talent in cutting straight lines:

and not even listening to what I wanted in the first place...a faux-hawk...I'm sure she's still a good person who deserved the tip. None the less, I decided I'd try my hand at it as I couldn't let him go another minute looking like he got his hair cut by me in the first place. But first, the kid had to take a nap:

The ONLY time I manage to wash this treasure of a bear is when he's napping and I sneak in to steal it:

His diaper had leaked through all of his clothes a few days ago and I made the mistake of putting the pee soaked bear into the washing machine in front of him...I'm pretty sure that was the end of the world as far as he was concerned. He didn't seem to understand that his bear was being detained for some much needed bath time. But back to the haircut:

It looks like he's getting sick of people messing with his hair at this point.

But it's already looking so much better...

What a difference a mommy on a mission to make her son look presentable makes! So MUCH BETTER!

He's back to being my handsome little man! (Thank goodness as we have two Easter obligations for tomorrow...I don't think I could have taken him out of the house had I not been able to resolve his hair problem).

He would have been wearing this hat for the next few weeks until his hair grew out again =)