Josiah gets his FIRST haircut

Every parent takes a picture of their kid getting their first haircut.  This is ours.  It took us over a year and a half to get him a haircut.  We couldn't bring ourselves to cut off his golden locks.

Do you remember the day you took your kids to get their first haircut?

....is it something you remember?

...or do we only remember it because we all take pictures of it. 

If Josiah gets a haircut 6 times a year and he lives to the national average for life expentency in Canada....he will do this very thing 480ish times.

 But the first one is special....I think, for one reason.

Because for the first time...

their big kid haircut makes them look... so much older.

WOW.  

he really is growing up.

...and that's worth taking a picture.

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Elizabeth's first haircut

She asked for it

and it sounded like a good idea to us

no tears

only smiles

We kept the curls 

...and we'll probably keep her too

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These random pictures have something in common

Life feels random

No two days are exactly the same

Different experiences with different people

...shape the world around us, making it, and us, different.

But then, a few pictures, taken on different days 

made me think:

if life's only constant is change...why do these pictures all look the same?  

BECAUSE...

When life's experiences are always changing....our experience of those changes can remain the same

Like Elizabeth, getting over her "fear" of the cold snow.  And now...content.

Like me, totally content with a daughter in one arm and skis in the other.

Like Heidi, content with her fun new haircut with bangs.

And my buddy Karl.  So happy that I took him to a Canucks game.  Wait...that's not right...those were his tickets.  OK, whatever.  But you get the point. Content with Karl.

Every day is different.  But we can experience every different day with the same contentment (yes, even in seasons of sorrow) of yesterday and tomorrow.

These are good days....

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Haircut + Bday

Heidi got one and I had one...the haircut and bday that is....but I honestly can't remember if this happened on the same day....so I'll just include them in the same post....cause I have no idea...

some pics to remember:

she waited....

I amused myself...

we waited some more....

she got tired...

and we celebrated....

this birthday rocked... :)