Until yesterday, a happy haircut for the Saminator was beyond my wildest dreams. I never thought I’d be using the two words in the same sentence, let along stringing them together, with ‘happy’ actually referring to the ‘haircut’ experience itself. But this undreamt dream sure did come true, all thanks to an adorable fire engine seat with a real bell to ring and trance-inducing Thomas plastered on a flat screen TV. (What subliminal messages are they sending through that show? Probably some thing simple like “Buy more trains, kids! Then lose them all and go bug your parents to buy some more!”)
Not only did Sam not sob like his fingers were being chopped off one by one like he has during previous haircuts, he didn’t want to leave even when the store closed. Now that’s what I call immeasurable progress! It was a struggle for Sam to let them lock up their Brio train table in the birthday party room to protect it from toddler burglars in the middle of the night. All hail, Pigtails & Crewcuts! We love, love, looooooooove their new Midlo location in the brand-new Midlothian VIllage Square just minutes away from our homestead. In the words of Arnold Schwarzennager, “We’ll be baaaaaaaaack,” in the short term maybe just to use that kickin’ train table some more! Plus their state-of-the-art TV puts our 1980s-inherited-from-Grandma boob tube rightfully to shame.
Oh, it gets better — the new Midlothian Square Village has lots more! It can tell already — it will be our new Mecca. There’s the huge Cafe Caturra with outdoor seating for the summer and roaring fire inside during the winter, awesome sandwiches and salads, coffee, and WINE ON TAP. I want to say it can’t get any better than this, but it can and does — the new Capital Ale House just across the parking lot. It was such an awesome sight I kept wondering if it was a mirage — too good to be true. This one is way better than their other locations — gigantic with an incredibly long bar, outdoor seating, plus the biggest German pretzels I’ve ever seen, and TONS OF BEERS ON TAP!
And before I lose myself in ecstasy, Rita’s Ice Cream Shop is there, too, just to top off your excursion to get your kid’s hair cut; drink coffee, wine or beer (or all three); and have a tasty meal of German bratwurst. AAAH! My only wish is that the cord on Sam’s monitor could reach this new Utopia on Midlothian Turnpike, so we could sneak out spontaneously (what’s that?) at night for a beer and a pretzel. Well, something’s got to bring us back to Earth, though. It may as well be the monitor. How ’bout a really long extension cord?
All hail, Midlothian Village Square!
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