A trip to the barber

Oliver's Papa Mick and his mommy took him to a barber shop for the first time.

He looks like a pretty good candidate for a haircut, doesn't he?

The barber is Den Stehlin -- he is Papa Mick's friend and the son of the barber who cut Oliver's Uncle Peter's hair for the first time when he was a little boy.
This longstanding family relationship was of no comfort to Oliver, who did not much care for the barbershop experience.
Later, however, he was pretty pleased with the way that he looked...
...a few sips out of this large flask may have helped relax him.

(The last part is a joke, of course.  There's nothing in the flask.  He mostly enjoys unscrewing the lid and then putting it back on, and occasionally taking a pretend swig.)

Oliver says it's a hat

Not gonna do it

I got Oliver a very snazzy vest and some flannel houndstooth pants.  Tim and I decided that we would get all set up to take a holiday picture of Oliver as a surprise for his mommy.  I got some Christmas stuff out of the attic and bought a little wooden train set; Tim set up his camera and tripod and various flashes all over the room.  When Oliver arrived, we were all ready!  However -- Oliver had no desire whatsoever to have  his picture taken.  

In fact, merely sitting in the midst of all the stuff with Tim irritated him so much that he pinched Tim and complained very loudly.

There was one very positive part of the whole experiment -- he really liked the clothes.

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