Thing 1 recently turned 8. Yep we are officially half way to driving!!!!! For his birthday, since he is rocking a mohawk this summer, he along with his daddy's help, has sported a colored mohawk most of the summer. It has been orange, and neon green and blue. For his birthday, because it is July 3, he wanted to color his mohawk Red, White and Blue in honor of Independence Day. So, I bite the bullet and took him to an actually beauty shop and let her dye my boys' hair. I was frightened at first, one simply for taking an 8 year old and 5 year old to the beauty shop. Secondly, I was letting her dye my sons' hair that in and of itself is scary. So she starts by bleaching, yep bleaching Thing 1's hair. I made up my mind at that point there was NO TURNING BACK, so I might as well roll with it.
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I have been shocked at the number of comments on the kids hair. Most specifically from older people. You know the ones you expect to freak out at the sight of two little boys with tri-colored hair. They kids are happy with it and that is what matters most. That and the fact that it is temporary style, school starts in a few weeks and the mohawk will be gone.
As a person who colors their hair blue, pink, etc, my first point is that the nice thing about your boys' hair is that it's super, duper short, so that'll all be shaved off super-quick! That way, nobody's stuck with it for long. Whether they/you like that fact is a whole different matter, but it's at least something that makes it tons easier to take a plunge like that. I'm super impressed with your ability to be flexible and a "cool mom", realizing that a bit of hair color is probably one of the most "harmless" ways for your boys to experiment with altering their bodies/looks and therefore, rolling with it instead of having a conniption. Not that I'm an expert on these things, but I think that (especially at their ages), a bit of fun for the summer that'll easily come off with a razor just in time for school is such an easy, light, non-permanent thing that they can do to be silly and "express themselves" (that term makes me shudder) and so I love that "it's only hair" attitude. You've got bigger and better things to worry about. Good for you for not making a big deal out of something that shouldn't matter too much anyway! (Now when they start talking about more permanent body alterations like tattoos, piercings, etc, etc you can be all Crazy Mama on them and I won't blame you :P)
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