Get a haircut, kid

Have you been out shopping for school supplies and new shoes? Don’t forget how much a fresh haircut can really clean up a kid. I’ve been noticing that my own son’s looking a little shaggy around the ears lately.

Which reminds me of these photos we took of 2-year-old Ezra Rottman getting his first haircut last spring. I’d planned to use them in the magazine as part of a package on childhood “firsts,” but I just never got the time/space to finish it up… so I thought I’d at least show them to you here before he heads off to kindergarten.

Anyway, I thought Ezra’s big boy cut turned out great. He didn’t say much, but we could tell he was proud. He looked pretty awesome with a little patch of green hairspray! And, because it was his first cut, Ezra also got a keepsake certificate (with a lock of that precious baby hair) from Crazy Kids Hair Design in Selah. Thinking about heading there yourself? Find a coupon for $2 off a kid’s cut in the latest issue of Playdate (page 17).