Independent

Castle came home from school on Monday, was in the house three minutes when he declared he was going to Kim's house to get a haircut. He did just that. He walked across the street, let himself into her house and told her to cut his hair. Never mind she was in the middle of packing her house to move away from abuse like this. She, of course dropped everything and obliged him. I think I saw a tear escape her eye though she kept a brave face.

As Kim was cutting his beautiful blonde locks, he kept telling her, "Shorter, cut more.". It was sad to watch the hair fall to the ground.

The whole time Kim was cutting Castle had a huge smile on his face. He was very excited to look like his dad. Or was it to look like Logan, or maybe Micah. It varied as the hair was hitting the floor.

Thank you Kim for cutting my hair and always having suckers!

I now present you with Castle, "Big Boy" Huggard!

Now the boys look like carbon copies. It is so strange to look at them now. They are growing up! It makes me sad, especially since Logan promised he wouldn't!

Logan Makes Auntie Dena Cool

Logan and Castle went on a play date with their beloved Auntie Dena. They hung out watched movies and went to the park. When they were leaving the park Logan turned to Dena and told her that all the people at the park thought she was cool. Being the cool cat she is Dena asked him what he meant. He explained to her that because she was there with him people probably thought she was his mom. As he is very talented and was performing some very cool tricks, this in turn made her cool. Ahhh we have such a humble child on our hands.

HAIRCUT!

Before

For the past week and a half Castle has been asking for his hair to be cut. I tried to talk him out of it. Delicately trying to convince him that he does not want his hair to be cut and that a hair cut was a bad idea. He was not falling for it, he repeatly told me he wanted his hair cut like Logan and Daddy. We made a hair appointment with "My Kim", Castle's Kim. I am not sure which one of us was more upset about the hair cut Kim or I.

"My Kim" cut off about three inches. Castle didn't blink an eye. He convinced "My Kim" to give him licorice and candy throughout the entire procedure.

"My Kim" combed his hair with no tears, he never lets me do that. He even got a hair wash out of it.

After

Thank you "My Kim", I Love You

Educating the Kids

“Steve” and I have been working on a few social issues with Logan. There are a few kids at school that, among other things, tell Logan to share his snacks with them. We have been trying to explain that he does not have to share, and we don’t want him to share. Every child brings their own snacks, and no one is going without something to eat. This morning Logan asked if he can give one of his Yogo’s to a classmate. I told him no he can’t share the snack. That he should tell the child to ask his mother to buy him the treat for his snack. He explained that he has been telling the kid this but he doesn’t listen. I decided to back up and try another tactic. I suggested he tell the child he can have one of his snacks if the child pays him a dollar first. We role played this for a minute until Logan was able to combat the objections likely to come at him, no sharing unless he is holding the green. Feeling triumphant I walked away to finish getting the kids ready for school. Castle walked up to me and gave me a Yogo – I took it and told him thank you. He said “Give me a dollar.”. And I am always accusing my children of not listening. I guess I stand corrected.