Well, maybe just the haircut part.  Jaden turned 6 on Saturday (thanx to all of you wishing him a Happy Bday - it was great!) and he gave *us* a gift yesterday.

Jaden decided to cut his own hair yesterday.

update: here are the pictures

He came up to the wife and said “do you like my haircut?” and when my wife gasped (a purely natural reaction) Jaden’s eyes got all big and started welling up.

*awww heart string tugging* 

We made sure he knew that it’s ok, everything’s fine and we’re not mad, but please don’t take matters like this into your own hands.  You can dress yourself, tie your own shoes, make your own breakfast, brush your own teeth, but DON’T cut your own hair.

I even wrote a little song for him, that goes a little somethin’ like this

You don’t tug on Superman’s cape…
You don’t spiiiit, into the wiiind…
You don’t pull, the mask, of dat ol’ Lone Ranger
and you DON’T CUT YOUR OWN HAIR OFF YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU’RE SIX YEARS OLD!

We’ve scheduled an emergency onsite self-haircut-repair technician to come out to the house. 

The wife and I were trying to remember how old Caitlin was when she did it.  She was either 6 or younger… and she had much longer hair so it was more obvious, but this is definitely not something Jaden has a monopoly on.  I remember finding my first pair of trimmers when I was 12 and I cut into my widow’s peak and was absolutely surprised at how fast and easily it cut - I figured I’d have to chop at it a little bit but nooooo, it went straight up and inch and a half into my purely perfect coiffed hair in no time flat.  That was not the easiest thing to hide.

So now I turn the question to you: