I have mentioned before that we have been cutting Monkey’s hair ourselves so far. I don’t think we’ve done too bad a job of it, but he has got a very thick and heavy mop, bless him, and in the hot weather we have had recently it must have been hot. When I was having my fringe cut a few weeks ago my hairdresser mentioned his hair to me (having seen some pictures on facebook) and said they would only charge a few pound to cut it, so I thought maybe it was time to get it done properly, and maybe to have it thinned out a but. Of course though I was still concerned about whether he would sit still, scream his head off, pull off the gown and generally come out looking worse than when we went in because of his wriggling. We’ve cut his hair twice at home but it is looking as long as ever at the moment!

Pre-haircut

On Saturday morning we went to the hairdressers, fully prepared with the portable DVD player and postman pat (about the only thing that will keep him sitting still – ever) and some yummy flapjack for him to nosh on. He sat on daddy’s knee and actually he did quite well. The gown didn’t last more than a few seconds (as anticipated!) but other than that he was a very good boy. He wasn’t keen on his fringe and the sides being cut and got upset a few times. It was also quite amusing to see that if she was cutting around the left side of his face he would lean further and further to the right! He gave her a few sharp looks too, as if to say ‘Who are you and what do you think you’re doing?’ We left the salon all covered in his hair but with a lovely grownup haircut.

His new haircut

We then went for a picnic at a film festival at a local country house, Burghley. The Disney film Tangled was on and it was a lovely day. Monkey had lots of fun playing with his nanny and grandpops and being very lovely in general 🙂 I would like to say that stickers are one of the best inventions for entertaining a toddler. He will sit for a good 10 mins (which is an eternity in toddler time) sometimes, pulling stickers off and sticking them on himself and pulling them off, etc. etc. repeat. Genius way to occupy him nicely and quietly 🙂 It helps that I managed to buy a book of 2000 stickers for 99p at a local discount shop last week!

It was a very busy day for me, as one of my friends bought me a theatre ticket to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in London, for my birthday. So after the film festival and once Monkey was home for his nap, I hopped on the train to London to meet my friend and go to the theatre. It all got a bit hectic as we got caught in a post football crush and had to run most of the way to the theatre (including up the steps at Covent Garden, ouch) and they only just let us in as we were 10 mins late. Was a really good show though and nice to see my friend, but I got home from London at about 12:30am and was shattered! Good to do some me things sometimes though, rather than just mummy things.

Oh yes and a little update on the blanket I mentioned previously. I haven’t mentioned my crochet for a while, mainly because there hasn’t been much interesting to say! But I have been busily beavering away, crocheting as many squares as possible. I reached 100 a couple of weeks ago, which felt really good! Now I am at 135 squares, so just 33 left to go before I reach the target of 168 – which would make for a blanket of 14×14 squares. Here is a picture of the 135 laid out (on the horrible old conservatory rug). They will probably not end up in that order but something as random as that is the idea. Hopefully it will be only a couple more weeks of making squares, then I need to decide how to put them all together (sew or crochet?) and then put a border round the end. It is definitely keeping me occupied in the evenings! Will let you know when I have finished the squares, as then I will have a decision or two to make!