Who REALLY Won the Beardoff?

Well, those of you who have seen Jason lately know that the beard is OFF--he doesn't have a hair on his head, let alone his face or even his chin. It's as though he wants everyone to know FOR SURE that he is no longer in the beard-growing competition (either that, or he's also bowing out of a Chia-pet competition that I didn't know about. . . .). Some of you might be blaming me for what happened. Let me set the record straight.

 

Jason was definitely a strong contender in the beardoff--he had a full, thick, red and brown beard that was taking over his face (not to mention his personality).

In fact, Jason's beard was so grisly, that he was starting to remind me of the BEAST from Beauty and the Beast, especially when he got angry. I was actually scared--and I think Ben was, too (but not Janae--nothing scares that girl!).

 

No, I didn't like the beard, and I made my views known. But whenever Jason asked me if I wanted him to shave it off, I said, "Only if you want to." (Hopefully that will silence all of you who think I am a controlling shrew of a wife, or a manipulative Delilah trying to put an end to Samson's strength.)

 

I just woke up yesterday morning, and the beard was gone. I had my handsome young husband back--but I had NOTHING to do with it!

I do think Jason's decision will benefit him as much as anyone, though. It improved his appearance (people who he thought LIKED the beard are now telling him how much better he looks with it OFF!), his hygiene (no more strings of pizza cheese growing moldy in the beard!), and his economic situation (he was actually using both shampoo and CONDITIONER every day to keep up his beard!).

I think Benjamin said it best, though. When Ben woke up, I was trying to get him to notice Jason had shaved, so I said, "Where's Daddy's beard?" Ben didn't know. A few minutes later when he went into the bathroom, he said, "Daddy's beard is in the garbage!" (Where it belongs?)

Anyway, now that all this beard growing is behind us, I guess we should move on to bigger and better things.

 

Like the family picture, for instance. . . .