bribery and haircuts

Bribery prevailed at the Vance house today.  Two episodes of Spiderman and 3 popsicles resulted in 2 successful haircuts.  In case you haven't seen my boys lately, this is what their hair looked like.

I've been watching Amos' ducktail develop over the last several weeks.  Just biding my time.  Then last night, I decided it had gone on long enough.  I casually mentioned the idea of a haircut.  The tears quickly filled his eyes as he informed me he didn't need a haircut.  I then offered not one, but two popsicles.  That got him thinking.  And this morning when I brought up the idea of using the clippers, we decided we could watch Spiderman too.  He actually did really well.  And it turned out close to what I was hoping for.  Still need more practice.

Silas was a different story.  He did not like the idea of me messing with his hair.  Luckily his head is mostly curls and hides MOST imperfections.  Here's my new boys.  Ready for vacation next week!

As a side note, here's the after haircut mess.  I wish you could see the hair that was covering everything in a two foot radius.