Haircuts

Today was the day the twins needed haircuts.  This is not their first one, they've been getting them since 9 months old.  Since I'm dutch, we save money by having Grandma W. (Wassink)come over and do it.  I did it one time, but the outcome was not good.  Once in awhile the twins do good with it, but usually they HATE it.  Today was one where they hated it.  We put one in the high chair and let the other one roam.  Reed was first today.  He was doing okay in the very beginning but got progressively worse as the hair cut went on.  Part of the battle is getting them to sit still.  Every time Grandma would get ready to cut, he would turn his head.  Luke, who was supposed to be playing, started to have sympathy tears or really sympathy wailing.  Luke was hanging onto our legs as we tried to get Reed done.  Then it was Luke's turn.  Luke has always been worse with haircuts.  Right from the start he was throwing a major fit.  He would not sit still.  Twisting and turning his body this way and that. Trying to stand up and basically fighting Grandma with everything he had in him.  Reed was sympathy wailing for Luke now.  We decided that I should hold Luke in my lap and try to keep his head still.  He is strong!!  He twisted his body so that he was laying stiffly on his belly on my lap and he accidentally kicked Reed to the ground(Reed was standing clinging on my leg).  But somehow through all that, we got the job done.  Luke's hair is far from perfect, but it looks a lot better than it did before.