Jake's New Do

Me: Noticing a notch out of Jake's hair... "Did you cut your hair?"

Jake: NO!

Me: Really? Because it looks like you did.

Jake: Nooooo (insert slight whiney tone)

Other kids notice which brings a chorus of: "Jake, yes you did!"

Jake takes umbrage: "NOOOO!"

Another chorus of: "Yes, you did!"

Jake: starts crying

Me: Jake! You're not in trouble. Just tell the truth. Did you cut your hair?
Jake: (Wails) Yessssssss.

Me: (relieved to know that it wasn't from the haircut I gave him) Where were you when you cut it?
Jake: Blank stare

Me: Were you in the bathroom? The kitchen?

Jake: Noooo.

Me: Where?

Jake: (softly) At school.

Me: You cut your hair at school?!

Jake: Yeah.

Me: What? You just sat in your seat and took a hunk out of your hair?

Jake: Yeah.

And I thought they went to school to learn. ha.

Taylor took fiendish delight in telling Jake I was going to have to give him a buzz cut to fix it.

I didn't.

He's just going to have to go around with a notch out of his hair for awhile. Ryan gave himself an identical cut at about the same age.

It's a fad for 5 year olds.

Just so you know.

You're welcome. {I wouldn't want you to miss out on the cutting edge of hair fashion.}