My son is the Edward Cullen of toddlers

Ok so here is today's lesson in genetics.... Take one man with thick, curly, black hair. Add to that a woman with straight, fine strawberry blond hair. What do you get? Me with mousy brown hair and a head full of strategically haphazard calics.


I have one calic that is just shy of being in the right place on the front of my hairline which makes for a wicked crazy part, and volume in a place where it's really not needed. I have to use tons of mousse and bobby pins and blow dry for hours to get the look I want. Most of the time I am too tired to deal so I just let my hair fall where it may.


My brother was blessed with the same hair and when we were younger it was a competition to who could wake up with the crazier alafalfa style do in the morning.


My son ,as it were, has received this hair curse. I decided to get him a cute little hair cut that was short on the sides and longer on top. Which all that really does is showcase were all the calycs are.
So in the mornings before we go to school I come into his room with a wetted washcloth in hand and a hair brush. As he sleepily rolls off his pillow... there it is "baby bed head" Most metrosexuals would kill for this style.

I hope for his sake that future popular culture does not adopt the slicked back look as commonplace...
Dear Jack, I apologize in advance for any future agony this may cause you.
Love, Mom ;)