Rare Occasion. Really Rare.

The boys needed haircuts.  Quite desperately.  I didn't tell Jack my plan in fear of the complaining, crying and fit that would follow.  I waited until I parked the car and we were walking up to the hair place.  He told me that we couldn't go today, we would have to wait until tomorrow.  He was a little nervous until he saw the cool seats (remember the cool haircut place) and relaxed.  He loved it.  He kept looking at himself in the mirror and telling the lady that his hair looked great.  It was awesome. Unfortunately, Thomas cried the entire time, but you know, when there is only one kid to comfort, it is totally do-able.

After the haircuts, we went to a shoe store.  Jack was completely happy making faces in front of the mirror while I searched for some shoes.  Because he had been so good, I told him we could go to the toy store.  We went, played, and had a great time.  We stayed there for an hour, and when it was time to go, Jack just stood up and we walked out.  No crying, fussing, or complaining.  At this point it was lunch time.  I knew that Jack could lose it at any moment, but I really wanted to find some shoes, so we went through Macy's and looked for about ten minutes.  At this point, I was waiting for the hysterics, but it never happened.  We stopped for lunch and played at a play place.  When I told him it was time to go, again he had no problems, and told me it was a good idea, that we needed to go home. 

Totally unreal.  This has NEVER happened before, and it might not happen again.  Honestly, we have not all gone out to run errands without some sort of breakdown, EVER.  However, I am going to enjoy it.  All day I told him how great he was, what a good boy he was being, and how grateful I was that he was so well behaved.
I am recording this so if it truly never happens again, I can remember this day.



Both boys after their haircuts.



I told Jack to smile, but he told me he wanted to be sad.

Then he smiled.