Science fair project

This is the subject of the Firstborn's science fair project this year.

http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/hearing_test/

If you'd like to participate, please post your age, gender, and the highest khz. number that you can hear. If you have children that would like to participate, that would be great. Post results on this blog, not on the website page.

Thanks,
the Firstborn

Stinkerbell's haircut

Stinkerbell wanted a haircut and here are the before and after pictures.

The story...
First, a little background...Stinkerbell has gone with me to get my hair cut for almost 4 years now. She has had one haircut; she got about an inch cut off. We go to the same place everytime, and she never speaks. She stands or sits quietly by the chair (or in a stroller originally) and smiles at everyone. They come over and tell her how adorable she is and what a good girl she is (while I invite them to come by the house sometime to see the real "her"), and she just smiles. The only time she has spoken in there is to say, "thanks" when someone gives her a sucker after my hair cut.

Fast forward to haircut day...She is so excited; she keeps telling me she wants her hair cut. Whenever someone asks her about how she wants it cut, she just looks at me, as if to say, "you'll have to tell her how to cut it, Mom." Once she's in the chair, Lori asks her how she wants it cut, and she smiles and points to me. Of course, because she doesn't talk in here. Lori and I decide on a length, slightly below the shoulders, and the cutting begins. When she was finished, we asked Stinkerbell if she liked it, and she just looked at us. So Lori asked her again, and low and behold, Stinkerbell looks up and says, "I want it shorter." After we recovered from the shock of her actually speaking, Lori finished cutting. The grin on Stinkerbell's face just kept getting bigger and bigger; she was so happy with the final product. On the way home, she said, "I'm just so proud of myself."

Apparently, this hair cut was a bigger deal than any of us knew.

Our version of the X-games

Think there's any chance of them adding Slide Snowboarding to the X-Games?

We finally have snow!!!!

Birthday 1 of 5

Well it's time for the birthday stretch in our house...all of us were born in the first four months of the year. So we will have a lot of cake over the next few months. Birthday #1 was today.

All of the grandparents came for lunch and cake and ice cream. Grandpa Treeboy wore his Indiana Jones hat so he and Dash could match.

And one last picture before the Treeboys leave to go home.

I said, "Smile"

We had some friends over on New Year's Eve. We were greatly outnumbered...5 adults to 11 kids by the end of the evening. (Note to self: find new friends with only one child.) We had a great time, and never heard any bit of bickering from the kids. Now that could have something to do with the Benadryl and the large roll of duct tape....but I digress.

Here is Stinkerbell and her boyfriend, and yes, this is what she calls him.

I think she might have some control issues.

The family band

Since Rock Band 2 arrived at our house, we see a lot of this. Notice the "groupie" in the back dancing around.




Now we'll never be able to accuse Dash of not being able to walk and chew gum at the same time...or should I say play guitar and chew gum at the same time?