my girl is gone

The girl I refer to is not one of my three oldest children.  It's actually the youngest - the only boy I have!    Because of his curly and rather long locks, people usually assume that he's a girl - regardless of what color or style of clothes he may be wearing.  

I recently went to a show at Emma and Samantha's school and was asked so many times if he was a girl, I decided action must be taken.  The beautiful long locks must go.

I was going through some pictures from a few weeks ago and a few of them capture his curls perfectly. First of all,  I can see how people might think he's a girl:

 Sometimes, I think even Abby is jealous of his curly hair! (Ha! just kidding.)

Obviously, Abby is very thrilled about something in this picture.  Or she may be showing her extreme displeasure at some instruction I may or may not have just given her.

There's the fourth "girl" in the family again; he just looks so lovely!

Being a victim of paparazzi starts young out here:

 So...armed with a pair of safety scissors of all things - hey, I just grabbed what was close - and a toy computer to keep him occupied, I snipped here and there.  Such a pile of curls ended up on the floor!

 After the first pass, he definitely ended up more manly!  Not sure what's in his mouth at this point - probably bread or yogurt since that's all he cares to eat these days.

 I took a second pass the next day and trimmed even further.  There's lots of places where the cut isn't even and it took all of three minutes to complete, but I feel like the little girl look has gone.  A cute little man has taken her place! =)

What do you think?