Haircuts

Since we've lived in China for two months now, it was time for Kevin and Hudson to have haircuts. We put it off as long as we could, but finally made plans for our friend Sherri to take us to her family's regular barber shop on Saturday. When we walked over there, we learned it was closed for remodeling, so we started walking up the street in the opposite direction. It didn't take long for us to find another one. Hudson knew he was getting his hair cut, but he didn't fully understand why they wanted to wash it first. This was his first professional shampoo and he was not impressed!

He kept saying "too hot" or "too cold" or "all done" but he survived. I love how you can see in the picture that he was holding a cookie with his left hand and Molly with his right hand. She came over to encourage him through it.

I'm not sure how much experience the stylist has had with young children because he seemed surprised that I wanted to hold Hudson on my lap while he cut his hair. There was no way in the world Hudson would've stayed in the chair on his own! And the stylist was experienced -- the shop charges for haircuts based on the level of the stylist: 11 yuan ($1.75) or 21 yuan ($3.40). We splurged! :)

 It also helped Hudson to see Kevin having his hair cut next to us.

I'm sorry for the quality of the "after pic" but trust me, the stylist did a great job. Hudson is so handsome! And he looks so grown up.

He's eating baozi that we picked up from a little shop on the way that morning. (Remember that's my favorite traditional breakfast food.) Molly and Hudson really like it too. Successful morning all around.
~Dayna