Morhéa's 1st haircut and Cirque du Soleil

So after:

2 years, 2 months, 20 days, 7 hours and 56 minutes

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811 days, 7 hours and 56 minutes

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~19,472 hours

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1,168,316 minutes

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70,098,960 seconds

Morhéa has had her first haircut!!! We went to this little shop in Cherry Creek called LolliLocks which is a kids only salon. It is in a cute little old house in Cherry Creek. They did a wonderful job. We have been hyping up the haircut all week with Morhéa. By Friday she was telling everyone she was going to go the LolliLocks for a haircut, then she was getting a lollipop, followed by Starbucks (she gets a special Starbucks Milk which she calls her coffee.). The day before we went they called to remind us about our appointment and mentioned that with a kids first haircut that it is sometimes better not to talk about it and just let it happen or else the kids might freak out. To late for that one!

We got there and it was pretty cool. You walk into this house and they have tons of hair clips, hair products, jewelry, beauty kits and they are all for kids. Actually they were all very girlie but there were some boys there getting their hair cut as well. The next room had the hair cutting stations. Two of the stations had an elephant and a dragon where the kids would sit and get the haircuts. The other two chairs were regular chairs with big cushions where the older kids could sit. The back room had some beanbags for the kids to sit on and they had Shrek playing.

After waiting a few minutes it was Morhéa’s turn. I think Kim and I were a little nervous that she would freak out. Morhéa hasn’t sat still for more then 1 minute in her life! Both her and her stylist were great. Her stylist gave her a little toy to play with to get her to keep still but she really didn’t need it. She was actually pretty excited to get her haircut. Other then looking over to smile at us she sat there the entire time and even held still when she was asked to. It was a great experience. Morhéa’s hair isn’t long by any means but it did need a little style so we all agreed on a bob! I didn’t think she could get much cuter but I was wrong. She looks even more beautiful with her new haircut. They finished it off with a little hairclip and some spray on sparkles. We got the “1^st haircut special” which also came with a few locks of hair and her picture on a certificate. Overall, $20 well spent!

We got a lollipop afterwards and then walked over to Starbucks for 1 coffee (for Mom), 1 milk (Morhéa’s coffee) and 1 purple mineral water because Dad hates coffee (unless I am in Kona, Hawaii). Then we played at a nearby park for while before going home.

A busy weekend for us all though. We had the haircut Saturday morning, a birthday party Saturday afternoon, Kim and I went to Cirque du Soleil Saturday night and then

another birthday party this afternoon.

Kim and I went to Cirque du Soleil (Corteo) last night. Lots of drama leading up to it. When we asked our babysitter about it a few weeks ago she mentioned that she had to work yesterday at The Nationals (a very big national drag racing event in the foothills). She said that she had to work until 4 or 5 and that would end her 8 hour shift and she should be able to come over after that but warned us that it was the biggest event at her work of the year but hopefully they wouldn’t make her stay later. The show started at 8:00PM but we had VIP (Tapis Rouge) tickets that allowed us to get there at 7:00 PM for the evenings festivities. At first we asked her to come over at 5:00 but decided there was no point in having her come over until 6:00. So around 5 we called her to tell her she could relax until 6 but nobody was home so we left a message. This got us a little worried though because nobody answered and we didn’t have her cell number. So of coarse 6 rolls around and no babysitter. 6:15 and nothing! Now Kim is freaking out and I am disappointed seeing how this was our first date night in a LONG time! Our backups weren’t really an option buy now. The grandparents all live in NY, the Aunts and Uncles live in NY and Chicago, cousins are (hopefully) having a good time in the mountains this weekend, our backup babysitting drove by the house as we were freaking out and since the show gets over at 10:30 and we wouldn’t be able to get home until 11:00 PM at the earliest bringing Morhéa to a friends house wasn’t really an option. The tickets were quite expensive and I had printed tickets which are hard to sell so we decided that Kim and Morhéa would go and I would stay home and we would try and have date night another night. Just as they were about to leave our babysitter’s mother called and said that she would come over until her daughter got home from work. I think we were all a little embarrassed because we said sure which was odd because the mother (and as it turns out the 2 younger daughters) came over to watch Morhéa. I am sure she didn’t feel too comfortable having to cover for her daughter as well. Anyway, it worked out great! Morhéa loves all 3 of the sisters so she got to play with all of them by the end of the night. We got lucky and ended up making it on time.

With our tickets we got to go to a private party in the Tapis Rouge tent that included hors d’oeuvres, wine, martini’s, beer and a chance to see some art and buy stuff from Cirque du Soleil. That was followed by watching the show from our second row seats. We had the end of the row which was perfect for me. There wasn’t anyone in front of me so I got to stretch my feet out the entire time. I was a little nervous though because the set of 3 stairs leading up to the stage was right next to me and I know that they so little skits with crowd participation. Sure enough the second we sit down a skit starts and they park this coffin right next to me. The first clown comes down and shakes my hand and then the lady with him starts talking to me. Fortunately, it didn’t go much past that! At halftime we got to go back to our special tent for more Champagne/Martini’s along with chocolate covered strawberries and different cakes. We also had our own private bathrooms for those of us with Tapis Rouge tickets. If you have never seen a Cirque du Soleil show you must go. It is truly amazing what these people can do. I have seen 2 or 3 of them and have been impressed with all of them. This one wasn’t as good as the others but it was still VERY impressive (especially from the second row).