Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for November 27, 2023

Hammie you don’t see a problem. Well I do a big one.

Mom might.

This isn’t going to end well.

On the other hand if it does end well, or at least not end in disaster, she has a great career ahead of her at Super Clips or Great Cuts.

Worst case scenario? Wren spends a week looking like a red-headed Hammie. And just in time for the family Christmas card photo. And Zoe gets in trouble, Why would Hammie have trouble with any of that?

You win some, you lose some. Que Sera, Sera.

Hammie, if Zoe gets into trouble the blow back will be on you as well.

I am afraid she will not gat a haircut, she will end up getting them all cut!

Oh boy. I see a downside. Poor Wren!

Oh no.

Plus she’s too dinky to resist. Trim awaaayyyyyyyy.

Well, this story arc will go on for awhile. Maybe about 8 weeks…

Wuh-oh!!

Having lived it, we know it grows back & provides good laughs forever.

(Waves hand high in the air) I DO! I DO!!

Oh, dear.

Ah, it’s one of those traditions that magically skips from one family to another, getting passed down from one older sister to another even though there’s no relation.

If you’re having second thoughts about it, it’s best not to proceed.

Uh-oh

The upside is that it will grow back. The downside is Wanda should take the cost of having her stylist clean/repair/salvage it out of Zoes allowance.

We did when the oldest daughter ‘styled’ the middle daughter’s hair. It must have been an effective punishment because middle daughter never ‘styled’ youngest daughter’s hair.

where’s mom when you need her… :{

I feel like I’ve just been given a sign from the Universe that I shouldn’t attempt to cut my own hair . . .

What could possibly go wrong? (innocent look)

You’re going to cut your toddler sister’s baby hairs. Sure! What could go wrong?!

Now cut that out, Zoe!!

Zoe is the “ace of fades.”

ask for a jury of your peers

I am sure there is some plan in her head to have Hammie take the rap.

My daughter (20 now) trimmed her bangs at 2 years old!!!! I was mortified and at the same time trying to keep from laughing!!!!

When mom and dad aren’t around, the oldest kid is in charge.

Mom will be mad, Wren’s hair will grow back, and Hammie will be wrong.When my daughter was little I let her play with my hair and she enjoyed it, only she did not have scissors to cut hair with.

when I was growing up my mom always cut everyone’s hair, she had to go to a salon for herself, but everyone else she took care of with her trusty clippers. One day she was babysitting my nephew (I was the second youngest in a large family) and my mom noticed that was getting long and shaggy so she asked him if he wanted her to give him his first haircut and he said yes. My mom did a great job as always, but when my sister in law came to pick up her son she was really upset. Turns out she was going to make he son’s first haircut a big deal with a lot of pictures of him in the barber chair and the barber dancing around a posing before each clip. But my mom ended up spoiling her dream by being efficient and cutting his hair without a big production.

I remember during the Covid pandemic when no barbershops or hair salons were open and my sister in law used my beard trimmer on me and my brother. She actually did a bang up job.

This has to be the first installment of a story arc.

In 1977 I cut my sister’s hair. I was five. She was three. She still hadn’t forgiven me.

ARE YOU TWO BLIND?!?

When I was about 9, I was chewing gum at my aunt’s house and some of my hair got in my mouth (It was shoulder length). I ended up with the gum stuck in my hair. My mother & aunt tried to get/cut it out. Their brother, my uncle, was howling with laughter. Oh, how I hated him in that moment!

My mom would cut my bangs, they would get shorter & shorted as she tried to even or straighten them up.

She’s getting a Wrenovation

Kids, scissors, and hair does not a good combination make. (Glue too).

BORING This arc has happened in so many different strips before! Calvin and Hobbes, Big Nate, ect.

Next up: Punk rocker Wren

I see a huge downside and I’m not even there.

This explains why this happens to virtually every child at least once.

“…. maybe a backside, but not mine.”

Forethought is not one of their strong points.

Dang those kids are monsters!

when my friend told me he was going to a wedding i replied, oh, well, you’ll need a haircut then. i left a bald patch much larger than a silver dollar. when she found out what i’d done, mom once again just sat on the front stoop and cried. it’s a wonder my parents didn’t try to give me away… ☺

I imagine seeing Wren in a crew-cut by weeks end!

This should be interesting! Reminds me of that Leave it to Beaver Episode when Wally cuts Beaver’s hair.

Cue Olivia Rodrigo… bad idea, right?

The unspoken ending of Hammie’s sentence: “…for me.”

Remember this, Zoe: If you have to ask if something is a good idea, it probably isn’t.

Haha! (＾▽＾) Oh boy! It was bad enough when I did it to myself! My mom probably would’ve k-ed me if I did it to my little brother!