Happy Easter 2011!

This is a video, which I've had trouble posting on Blogger before.  I'm trying again.  If it doesn't work the first time, I'll have to fix it later ... because, it's Easter!

Frenectomy - beware, photos with sutures

So, we're getting ready for orthodontics at our house! The kids had a choice: vacation, or braces. They both jumped for braces ... at an alarming speed. I guess it's important to them. Anyway, they are getting braces at the end of April.
In preparation, we had a frenectomy for Dauzha. She has a diastema (fancy word for gap between teeth) which will be corrected by the braces, but may relapse if the connective tissue is not removed. So we removed it!

Four sutures. Yes, her nails are painted green!

Flowers always promote healing ;)
She's healing quickly and feeling only a little sore.

It was so nice to have her come to my office for this procedure. I know we always treat kids right, so it was nice to share it with my family :) Dr. Charlie did a great job of calming both patient, and Mom! We were both a little nervous. He does amazing work and is so friendly, too.

Spring? Not yet!

ALL of this snow happened in 24 hours. There was ZERO snow, now there's THIS!

It was a lot of fun to see it coming down :D

Thank you, Grandpa!

So... a certain girlie recently completed an after-school fly-fishing class. She loves to tie flies!
She knows that a certain someone in her family is a world-class fly-fisherman... my dad!
A few weeks ago, she handed me an addressed envelope and asked me for a stamp to mail it to her grandpa. I asked what was inside. She said it was about fishing. Recently, a package arrived.
My dad had sent her a very special package :D He filled one of his own fly-fishing inventions (the awesome container) with his favorite flies!! She was absolutely esctatic!!
This makes me smile and smile.

Batman Rocket

Batman Rocket.
Parachute deployment successful.
Very proud of Dauzha's rocket!

Broken thumb

Well, he broke his thumb yesterday :(
He was longboarding.
AND... he was wearing his helmet :)

Building a motor

Her teacher provided the entire class with kits to build motors. She's the first one to complete one that works!