"What nooooooooooow?!"

Okay, so if you don't have a teenager you might not be up to date on what exactly that title means! It's the latest phrase that basically means "in your face"! It's Tyler's favorite thing to say! We've all picked up this wonderful phrase and use it a bit excessively!

So, last night we got in a big "What Noooooow!" on Tyler! As I'm sure you're aware, at this great age of 13 it is sooooo cool to have long hair! Everytime we try to talk to him about getting a hair cut he refuses and says no way! Yes, we know we are the parents... but we feel like we need to pick our battles! I'd rather let him have his way on this one and get my way on something more serious. (okay, who are we kidding... the darn kid gets his way on most anything! grrr!) Well, last night Tyler was once again asking for Shane to purchase something called Nova Gems for one of his online games. We have been bugged about these darn Nova Gems for weeks now and have held strong and not let Tyler or Chase talk us into indulging them with these great treasures! Back to last night, Shane said to Tyler, "Sure, I'll buy you those Nova Gems if you let mom cut your hair right now!" Tyler looked over at me and said, "Mom get the scissors, you need to give me a haircut right now!" I did not hesitate! I jumped up, gathered all my haircutting parephenalia and the clippers were buzzing within minutes! In the back of my mind I was thinking...Oh he is going to be sooooo mad when he realizes what he has just done! Needless to say dad was overjoyed and ecstatic... Tyler on the other hand was pretty ticked off within minutes of his haircut being finished! But, he's such a handsome boy!

I've attached some pictures for your viewing pleasure. We saved the hair so Tyler could give it to Dr. Black (his counselor) on Friday as a joke. Dr. Black had asked Tyler if he could have his left over hair to glue to the top of his head if Tyler ever decided to get a haircut! I'm sure he'll now have more than enough to fill in his bald spot! The 2nd picture I'm sure Tyler won't be too thrilled to know I snapped of him this morning while he was sleeping! I knew there was no way he would pose for a picture willingly! Naughty mommy! :P