Crazy Hair Day...

This week is spirit week at the boys' school. We are all very proudly displaying our pride in our little private elementary school, so on Friday night they can hit us up for more money at the annual school auction and we will happily spend & buy to our hearts content. But hey, the auction and other fund raisers are what help keep Sugar Grove one of the best kept secrets (in other words - cheap tuition) in the area. We of course will attend, sans Aidan & Fred because it is the ONE Friday night ball game that Aidan has this spring (unless it continues to rain, and we get more of the beloved "rain outs" mentioned in the previous post).


Any, back to the spirit week thing. Each day they get to do something different. Monday was "Red White & Blue day"... wear something RWorB to show your spirit for America & for Sugar Grove (school colors). The big benefit here is that they don't have to wear their required uniforms, which is always a special treat for the kids. Tuesday came and went with Sunglasses day, which they proudly sported, despite being cloudy all day. Wednesday (today) is crazy hair day. Thursday will be "Favorite Sports team Jersey/Hat day" and Friday is "Hat Day".


So here we are in the Muñoz household happily trudging through the week, and Aidan announces last night that "Tomorrow is Crazy Hair day! What can I do to my hair???" Well, in past years we have noticed that my beloved son's super thick, yet baby fine, hair doesn't do the whole stick up in a hundred directions look very well. No matter how much gel/hairspray/goop we put in it, it will be laying flat by the time he leaves the house in a matted, stiff-yet-still-sticky, mess. He starts thinking out loud & says "I could shave my head bald." After which he sees Fred & I glance at each other like "Hmmmm. Maybe." Upon seeing this glance, he jumps on it. "Yeah, let's shave my head!" I immediately start thinking about where he might need to go with a really short/bad haircut in the coming weeks, and for the life of me, can't think of anything (no weddings/pictures/major events than come to mind), so I agree.


Now Fred begins talking designs.... "Do you want a stripe down the middle, or a lightning bolt, or what about an "A" for Aidan?" (think Letterhead from A&M days). Aidan decides to go with the standard Mohawk, to which I tell Fred I think he should just shave the sides with a 1 gaurd, rather than go straight skin.


After a few minutes in the bathroom, a new hair-do emerges, and Truitt is immediatly jumping on the bandwagon as well. After his initial cut, Fred went back and had to shorten his hair that was left behind, because at his last haircut the girl didn't cut the top short enough. Tonight, if not tomorrow night (after they wear Hats to school for "Sports Team Day"), it will all be cut to one length.

Having shared the picture with a few friends, they all promptly asked me what Meredith's hair was looking like. Don't worry, she was left untouched (for now anyway). I have contemplated cutting down her peach fuzz (what little bit she has) and hoping it will grow in nice & thick... but I haven't gone that far just yet.