The Covington Family

Miles looks like a little boy again! His hair was getting way too long, and I knew that it was bugging him. And, last month, three different people called him a girl!

Corey has been needing one for awhile, too. I've been waiting for them to get one together because it would be easier for Miles. It finally took his boss telling him he's growing a mullet for him to take action! Thanks Kristy!!!

We pulled out the clippers and I got to work on Corey. It was all pretty facinating to Miles. He kept looking over and checking it out. When it was Miles' turn, he was a little scared, so we turned on Shrek. That was all it took!

He did such a great job! We were very surprised at how easy it was. Miles really loves his hair, too! He was running all over the house and laughing lots!

Here's the before


Look at how long it got!


Miles thought the clippers tickled


He lost four inches!


Miles sees his new do for the first time


He looks so grown up now


He looks so much more like Ethan now, too!

We decided to surprise Ethan with a toy he's been asking for. He's really into Star Wars now and wanted to get the LEGO sets to build some models. He would even ask us to take him to Target just so he could look at them, which is something new. He has not gotten an allowance in about five weeks because he needed to replace a light fixture in his room. (which he is actually blaming on the ghost trying to get him in trouble. But that's another story.) He has been very good about doing his chores and being nice to Miles, so I wanted to give him a treat. I wanted to surprise him, so my mind went to work. I had some good ideas, but Corey pointed out that they might upset him. Ethan is generally easy-going, but he does get irritable and snappy easily and frequently. When we dropped him off at his friend's house, he was in one of those moods. So I thought a scavenger hunt would be fun. I thought it was pretty easy, but Ethan had to really think about some of them. Too funny!



Miles is into Star Wars, too! He had me play the dvd for him, then used the case as his ship. He even picked a Darth Vader toy over Buzz Lightyear!!!