Comments on: We are NOT calling them Calvin and Luke

By: Suzy

Suzy — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:58:37 +0000

That is so tragic and cute at the same time!

It might make you feel better to know that in China (or so I’ve been told – I guess I probably should look it up sometime) they shave their babies heads to make the hair grow in faster and fuller. Maybe it will work for them.

By: Marianne

Marianne — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:31:53 +0000

They look like a couple of little fairy imps – they just need little wings to finish them.

What a story, and what a good thing you’ve done in writing it all down for them to have when they’re older. It will be interesting to hear this memory from them when they can fully articulate it. I’m sure it all makes perfect sense to them.

And can I flush *green* with envy at the fact that 2.5 years is young for crib-climbing in your wee clan? Egads – you are lucky! None of mine stayed in the crib past two, and my oldest was playing SuperGirl {jumping} from the rail at 18 months.

Love the new title and header – change is always good.

Best to you.

By: Brigham

Brigham — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:32:50 +0000

All I can say is cheer up – They will be teenagers before you know it.

By: Sharla

Sharla — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:57:58 +0000

What a fabulous post, Jane! I am particularly relating to the “frustrated mother snaps the fifth time she hears “But I’m hungry” and starts pulling out toenails with a pair of rusty pliers?” line at this point in time. And they are still adorable.

Oh, but did I mention that I am flippin jealous?! Winnie started climbing out of his crib a few weeks ago and now Ziggy has followed suit, WAY too early for me. Today when they were supposed to be napping I heard a scream and went in to find that Winnie had pulled a wooden bar off of the changing table and was hitting his brother in the head with it. And Spot is potty trained at 2 1/2???!!!!! I am so jealous I can’t stand it. That’s it….where’s my rusty old pliers? Oh, I’ve got new ones on my new pocket knife right here in my pocket……..

By: Sylwia Lipinska Hardman

Sylwia Lipinska Hardman — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:15:21 +0000

that was really funny. my daughter cut her hair twice now. at least i’m not trying to arrange a marriage for her…

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:13:16 +0000

Just so you know, I wasn’t being critical. I hate that I get so irritable about stuff like this. I admire people who seem to have figured out the not sweating the small stuff thing.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:00:18 +0000

If/when she gets tired of it, you could ask Cora if she’s interested in doing the Locks of Love or something. I think that would be so awesome, a great way for a kid to practice compassion!

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:59:15 +0000

Spike looks great with her new buzz-cut (see above). I just hope no one asks me “How old is he?” She still looks feminine to me, but then I’m terribly biased, of course.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:58:19 +0000

You inspired me. I used the number 8 guard and buzzed Spot’s this morning. It’s even cuter. We’re calling her “Spike” now.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:57:28 +0000

Sally tried to shave her legs once; luckily I caught her before there was too much blood …

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:56:56 +0000

Yeah, me too. I am just trying a bit harder (right this minute to not get mad over “little” things.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:56:05 +0000

I’m sure they will be.

My mom is making a family history quilt where she folk-embroiders our little sayings. One of the panels is a reproduction of a drawing/story I did when I was about 9ish. Something like “We’re playing dress-up. I’m the queen, Marcy is the princess, and Brad is the dog.” So I guess my mom liked those times of cooperative play, too!

By: suedonym

suedonym — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:08:49 +0000

Adorable. I love how close they are.

When my daughter cut her hair (just on one side, so she had a lopsided mullet for months) she carefully placed it all in a baggy for me. Sweet.

By: Gladis

Gladis — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:03:18 +0000

I laughed until I cried! Oh!

Great photos, tho. I really really like the short pixie cut on little girls, but Cora’s doing the “I’m growing my hair down to my ANKLES” thing right now.

By: Azucar

Azucar — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:25:58 +0000

This makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER about my destructive boys.

So much.

Thank you.

By: Tara @ Well-Rounded Woman

Tara @ Well-Rounded Woman — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:42:30 +0000

Oh man, what a great post. Love your girls and love their adventure-seeking side, especially in pairs. But oh, I would have been smoking mad. At my husband, and the girls. I mean, come on, 4 1/2 is old enough to know better. But that Susan sure does look like a cute pixie. So glad to have boys that I can buzz-cut anytime. And no hair brushing drama.

By: brock

brock — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:18:59 +0000

Melinda and I (and Craig) were laughing very hard at the pictures. You should just go ahead and complete the buzz-cut. Make it a TRULY memorable story for them. It would make it a story for the ages. It would be one of those stories that you would tell their kids, because buzzing their head would push it over the edge from a dime-a-dozen “my-kid-cut-their-own-hair” story to “it-was-so-bad-that-we-buzzed-your-head-and-it-took-a-year-to-grow-back”. just think about it.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:48:25 +0000

I do not think I have had a child not cut their own (or a siblings’) hair. A couple have done it more than once. I just count myself lucky that none of them have used our hair razor. Oh, shoot, I think I may have just jinxed myself.

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:19:37 +0000

Oh man…

I can’t tell you how many times we’ve had to talk to our girls about cutting their own hair. Our 3 year old and our (almost) 7 year old have both gotten in trouble for it in the last few weeks.

Fortunately they have never gone quite this far.

It’s funny because it’s not my kids. I don’t think I would’ve been unable to work up any anger over this. I can get grumpy over pretty much anything.

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:17:40 +0000

That pantie picture is priceless!! Although my kids have never tried cutting their own hair, Max insists on trimming his own fingernails (at 3) and does a pretty good job of it. I have to say, I love it when my kids team up together. That is the whole point of having siblings isn’t it? An automatic team player? Somebody who is willing to help you. I love it when I catch Lucy getting Max a glass of water, or calming his fears, or putting a princess dress on him. It makes me hopeful that even though they aren’t same sex siblings that maybe they will still be close when they grow up.