On Monday, Jan. 25th over 6 inches of naturally streaked, slightly wavy hair fell to the floor, precipitated by a generation of pant-and truck-wearing preschool girls who have successfully blurred the gender lines enough to necessitate turning stunning long-haired boys into perfectly ordinary short-hairs.
Pace's comment? "I can play catch now! My hair doesn't get in my eyes when I run and jump. And mom doesn't make me practice flipping hair out of my face or tucking it behind my ears."
Mom and dad concede that it was perhaps a little long!
oh man! We'll miss Pace's long hair, and obviously it was pretty awesome... alas, I do remember a pretty annoying circumstance when we went to Whole Foods with Pace, talked with a big-rig driver so we could show Pace the truck, and then the driver kept referring to Pace as "a nice girl" (or something to that effect). Let's all pray that our cultural lack-of-acceptance of hair changes :)
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, we know the confusion well. We hear plenty of confusion about Sam's gender as well... Sam's oblivious to most of it (no surprise there) but I've mostly moved beyond the irkedness to just seeing the humor in it all. I ask him occasionally if he'd like me to cut his hair, but he'll have none of it!
ReplyDeleteWe're discussing this matter with all the family gathered (my parents, Robert and Sushila, my sister, Yasmin, me) and we've determined that Pace's problem was not that he had long hair, but that he DIDN'T have a beard. Andy, I think this is your fault. C'mon, give that boy some testosterone so he can get some face fuzz. You seem to be good at it... pass it on!
ReplyDeleteNow you'll have to cut his eyelashes since he is still sooooo p-r-e-t-t-y!!!
ReplyDeletePace looks stunning with his hair cut. I like it!
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