Three Hairs

Author Unknown

There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head. "Well," she said, "I think I'll braid my hair today." So she did and she had a wonderful day.


The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head. "H-M-M, " she said, "I think I'll part my hair down the middle today." So she did and she had a grand day.


The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head. "Well," she said, "Today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail." So she did and she had a fun, fun day.


The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head....


"YEAH!" she exclaimed, "I don't have to fix my hair today!"

I like this story.

One time the animals had a school. The curriculum consisted of running, climbing, flying and swimming, and all the animals took all the subjects. 

The duck was good in swimming, better than his instructor, and he made passing grades in flying, but was practically hopeless in running. He was made to stay after school and drop his swimming class in order to practice running. He kept this up until he was only average in swimming. But, average is acceptable, so nobody worried about that but the duck. 

The eagle was considered a problem pupil and was disciplined severely. He beat all the others to the top of the tree in the climbing class, but he had used his own way of getting there. 

The rabbit started out at the top of his class in running, but had a nervous breakdown and had to drop out of school on account of so much makeup work in swimming. 

The squirrel led the climbing class, but his flying teacher made him start his flying lessons from the ground instead of the top of the tree, and he developed charley horses from overexertion at the takeoff and began getting C's in climbing and D's in running. 

The practical prairie dogs apprenticed their offsprings to a badger when the school authorities refused to add digging to the curriculum. 

At the end of the year, an eel that could swim well, run, climb, and fly a little was made valedictorian.  

Harrison's torticollis

Thought I'd do an update on Harrison's torticollis. For those of you who don't know what torticollis is~Torticollis is a twisted neck in which the head is tipped to one side, while the chin is turned to the other.

We've been going to physical therapy for 8-9 months now. We've had to stretch his neck and do passive exercises with him 5-7 times a day. He also has a 'collar' that he has to wear 4 hours a day. It's been a big pain. Harrison is so strong and stubborn. His doctor has told me several times that Harrison is one of the toughest kids he's worked with. He has fallen into the 5% category where therapy isn't working. I'm taking Harrison tomorrow to meet with another doctor who will give Harrison botox in his neck. (They aren't giving him the injections tomorrow...this is just our first appointment with this dr.) They'll have to knock him out to give him the botox injection. I'm sad about this.

So, after the injections, we'll still have to do physical therapy, stretches and exercises. I know that Harrison's strength helped him come into this world, but right now his strength/stubborness is frustrating!

He's such a sweet, fun boy. I'm so glad he is a part of our family.

My cute boys. Conrad's baptism was great. I'm so grateful that my hubby is able to baptize our kids. He's such a great husband, father and friend.

Pack Meeting

Last night was Conrad's first Blue and Gold Pack Meeting. The whole family had a lot of fun. They had a cake decorating contest. The scouts had to decorate the cake all by themselves. I wanted to help him out, but I let him do it all. The top of the cake had about 2 inches of frosting on it. Anyway, there were three winners. He won the prize for Best Birthday Themed cake. He was so proud. (I'll admit that i was too.) He received his bobcat badge. He's loving scouts. The requirements are pretty easy for right now. It was a lot of fun. Thank you scout leaders!

Family Update

It's time for a Barnard update. We've actually made some fun changes in our family. Matt started Graduate School at Argosy University in October. He's getting his MBA. We're hoping that it eventually help him get a better job....that way we won't need 3 jobs! He's doing great so far. He also gets to go to Europe for a whole week in March. It's for his International Business class. I'm trying to be happy for him.:) He also just cut back his hours at Albertsons so he can study more. He was working 4 nights a week and he's down to 1 night a week. We have never seen each other this much! We're still trying to get used to it. I'm trying not to give him chores to do...yet. It's awesome.

We started a paper route in September. I'm suprised we're still doing it! It's not the most fun job but we're making the most of it. I listen to books on cd. I do most of, but Matt delivers to some Condos that have a lot of stairs.

We are really enjoying homeschool. I'm so happy that we're doing it. I'm seeing/enjoying many benefits from it. Every once in awhile I doubt myself and wonder what the heck I'm doing. Luckily those moments aren't very often. I feel like I'm always learning.

I'm the organist and RS pianist. Awesome callings! Love them. Matt is teaching the 10 year old boys. He's enjoying it more than I would.

Jaylee is such a great help to me. She's Harrison's second mommy. The other morning she came in and got Harrison, changed his diaper and clothes, gave him breakfast and then made him a bottle to put him back in bed. That's when I woke up. She has learned to crochet and loves to cook. She baked Harrison's birthday cupcakes all by herself and frosted them. (She's less talented at the frosting..)

Conrad was baptized in Feb. It was great. He was so ready. He's loving Scouts. I thought I'd hate Scouts. I thought it would just be another thing on our to-do lists. We are really liking it though. It's been fun to help him with it.

Wavy is just crazy. She's so much fun. She is always saying the most funny things. She's doing well with learning to read. She's not the most teachable child. She doesn't want me to teach her anything. She thinks she knows everything. If I help her with piano or reading or anything she grunts at me and tells me she already knows and wants to do it by herself. Conrad is the same way.

Harrison, aka Hammy, is great. He is spoiled and loved and makes us so happy. He turned 1 this past week. He's crawling up stairs and standing but not walking yet. He still had a crooked neck. Still doing therapy with him. He still has a collar he wears 4 hours a day. We are hoping that he won't have to have Botox injected into his neck.... we'll have to see.

The kids are doing dance~break dancing and Jazz. All are doing piano. Jaylee and Conrad are in basketball right now. Wavy and Jaylee are doing tumbling. Jaylee goes to Activity Days and Conrad's in Scouts. Needless to say, we are staying busy.

I'll include some pictures. I have more recent ones from Conrad's baptism but I haven't uploaded them yet.

More later....

This morning was the kids' dress rehearsal for their dance recital. The recital is tonight. They did really good and look so cute. I'm excited for tonight. Waverly is doing Ballet/Jazz combo. Jaylee is doing Jazz. Conrad is doing Break dancing. I'll post more pics later.