Farewell Colette

I'm not sure what sparked the idea in the first place. All I know is that about a 9 months ago Carson came home one day from the barber shop with the tiniest little rat tail. He loved that little tail. Much thought was put into naming it. The first suggestion was Remy after the little rat in Disney's Ratatouille. But Carson rejected that suggestion because it had to be a girl's name. Sticking with Ratatouille as inspiration, Colette was selected as the chosen name.

Colette symbolized Carson's quirky personality and willingness to march to the beat of his own drum. Yes, Colette drove me crazy especially as she continued to grow & became more apparent with each haircut. At each haircut, Katelyn would plead with Carson to get Colette cut off. Once she even had a co-worker write Carson a note telling him that the tail just wasn't cool. Dave tolerated the tail better than either Katelyn or I did, but was anxious to see Colette gone. Carson was completely unphased by all of that and stuck by his guns believing that Colette, indeed, was very cool.

But as this year's wrestling season approached he came to the realization that if Colette stayed he would have to wear a hair net under his wrestling headgear. As cool as Colette was in his mind, the prospect of wearing a hair net definitely was not. And so he had a decision to make.

Today he decided to say good-bye to Colette. I asked if he wanted me to take the camera to the barber shop so I could document the farewell. He said no. He also declined the offer of Skittles--the treat we used to keep him still on his very first haircut as a little boy. He said he would hold still all on his own & let Irv do what he needed to do. And so he did.

Carson is now officially Colette-free and ready to get wrastlin'