"He's a GREAT Barber, Mom!"

I'm sure many of you have heard the tale I am about to tell, but as I go through my days I find myself giggling to myself still...so I must share!


Friday marked Jackson's very first sleepover. He counted down the days with anxious anticipation and FINALLY it was Friday. He somehow made it through his day and was proudly waiting by the door, suitcase in hand when Allison and Grant arrived. Anyone who knows Jackson knows that he adores his "cousint" Grant, if he could be Grant's clone it would be his life's wish :) .


Jay, Andrew and I weren't quite sure what to do with ourselves without Jackson there to offer ideas, talk and all the other entertaining things we find ourselves occupied with. It was so quiet it was almost eerie. So, we packed up to get dinner somewhere louder. Poor little Andrew was so lonely in the backseat he did nothing but cry the entire time we were in the car...little brother syndrome, I think. Jay and I are starting to enjoy catching up with each other over dinner and Andrew is charming the table next to him with the "I'll throw this on the floor and smile at you and then you pick it up for me" game. That 's when we got the calls. First, Allison calls and talks to Jay (by the way on the weekend if you need us, call Jay...I never answer mine!), she wants to know our email address and won't say anything but "check your mail"! Next, mom calls hysterically laughing and once again...no one will tell. So, after I drug my remaining two boys to Pier One to browse...we headed home.


Here are the pictures we found: This would be the wall going down to the basement at the Webster's house.

Through laughing tears I hear Allison tell the tale of the boys going down to the toy room to play while she set the table for dinner. Jackson comes upstairs...after the fact...and says,"Allison, I need to tell you something, but I'm a little shy." REALLY, SHY?!*& Anyway, she follows him to the steps and they proceed to tell her that "they are just being helpful". We apparently need to define that word a little to the two of them!

Okay, fast forward to after dinner. The boys are upstairs playing, quietly. WARNING, WARNING...the boys are quiet...Allison heads upstairs to do the "walk by". She finds Jackson and Grant standing in front of Freddy's full length mirror. Grant with scissors in hand saying, "it's right there, doesn't it look good!" while Jackson is admiring his work. The only thing I remember Allison saying during this portion of the conversation is that Jackson was yelling after her on her way down the stairs to "Give Grant his scissors back!"

So, Grant has found his profession. He apparently had a few days before come into Freddy's room while Allison was rocking him and said, "How do I look?" "Fine, why?" "I was cutting my hair in my room, see?! But don't worry, I wore my goggles so the hair didn't get in my eyes!"

And Jackson is at home telling Jay, Adam and I what a "Great barber Grant is...see!" Priceless...the laughs from these boys!

Allison and I have concluded that this sleepover, that by the way, Jackson came back home @ 11:30 slept until 8:00 and went back over for breakfast, is only the beginning of the "Boy things" that we will experience together. Just wait until they can talk the little guys into doing all of the ornery schemes that they imagine.