With the happy sounds of the parade moving off in the distance, we made our way out of the Old West onto the busy sidewalks of Main Street USA.
Background....
Isaiah hates getting a haircut. I cant explain it, Im not sure what his issue is, but its a fight to get him to the chair every time! Now he doesnt cry and fuss..he
IS 12 you know!..but he does complain the whole way there about whats to come. Its not fun...for any of us!
So.....we thought maybe he would be a better sport about it if we let him get it cut on Main Street at Harmony Barber Shop. He was given the choice before we left of getting it cut before the trip or waiting till our MK day. He chose the Main Street barber shop!
Cool....I was hoping he would because I thought it would be a neat experience. The only drawback was that MK wasnt till the Wednesday of our trip and his hair was a little unruly
...but we managed!
On our way into the MK in the morning, we had stopped by the Barber Shop, but the line was fairly long...as expected. You cant make appointments there so it is first come, first served. And you have to wait...no leaving your name and coming back. We had figured most people would try to catch it as they entered the park so we werent surprised by the line. We just put it on the back burner and decided to try it after the parade when a lot of people were headed OUT of the park.
IT WORKED!
When we got to the little shop there were only 2 people in front of us. The shop is tucked in the corner of Main Street, adjacent to the Fire House. Very cute! Its literally a hole in the wall and only has two barbers chairs and a VERY small waiting area. In fact, the waiting area is more for the family of the person getting their haircut than for actual waiting. We stood in line outside.
The little girl in front of us was getting her
VERY first hair cut...how fun!
As soon as she got hoisted up in the chair she started screaming, NO, NO, NO! The CM didnt even bat an eyelash, but started putting Mickey Mouse stickers all over the little girls clothes. She kept taking them off, but not as fast as the CM was putting them on! She was so distracted by the stickers that the CM was able to begin the haircut...then she handed the little girl a bottle of bubbles and that was all she wrote! She cut that little princess hair lickety split! Amazing! If only the local Supercuts employee was so smart!
The little girl got a cute little pair of Mickey ears that said, My First Haircut on the back. Awwww...I melted!
After about a 20 minute wait, it was Isaiahs turn. He got up in the chair and made small talk with our CM barber. She was very friendly and engaged all of us in conversation as she cut Isaiahs hair.
Isaiah did not want and colored gel in his hair, but he did want the pixie dust...I was kind of surprised, but thrilled! She sprayed his hair with what I can only imagine was some spray gel and proceeded to dust him up! Too cute!
Apparently pixie dust is FREE, so Jonah wanted some too. I LOVE IT! I wanted some too, but figured that might be silly!
The experience at the Barber Shop was
AWESOME and cost exactly the same as a haircut from the local Supercuts. NOT a bad deal! The atmosphere, the CM, the pixie dust....icing on the cake!
Here are my two Barber Shop boys!
And this picture just makes me happy!
It was time for some Adventure...and a Dole Whip! Coming up NEXT!