It’s been 2 years and 5 months since Ashlyn was born with a full set of hair. Here’s a reminder:
As you’ve seen from recent pictures, her hair has gone from “new”, to “full”, to “crazy”. So on Friday we decided that it was time to trim the Ashlyn Afro™ in an attempt to make it more manageable. Since it was her first haircut and we weren’t sure what she would think of it, we did it at home. She didn’t have any problems, and in fact decided it would be a good time to floss her teeth. It was a little sad to think that we were cutting off the hair that she was born with, but it was definitely time.
Saturday was a day for learning at the museum in Ft. Worth. It was the second weekend of the “Grossology” exhibit, which was designed to teach children about the human body in a fun way. Ashlyn was much too young for the exhibits, but she found a few things to do, including climbing a wall made up of sores and moles as well as sliding down an esophagus. Yay!
We had better luck in the main area of the children’s museum where Ashlyn was able to see insects, tornados, cows, and flying beach balls. She also got to see her first Planetarium show which was hosted by Big Bird and Elmo. Ashlyn enjoyed it; we could hear multiple “ooooh, look at that!”’s from her seat as the moon and stars showed up in the sky.
In one portion of the museum there was a little hospital area where Ashlyn got to play Doctor to some little babies, which was good practice for her future little brother. She mostly just beat the baby with one of the implements and then handed it to mom, so we still have a little work to do.
On a side note, we recently had our first run-in with another kid at daycare. According to her teacher, a boy in the class was pestering her and took away a toy. In response, Ashlyn bit him and wouldn’t let go until a teacher pulled her off. When we talked to Ashlyn about it her response was “Matthew did it”. We let Ashlyn know that it’s not ok to bite people, and at the end of our conversation Ashlyn told us that she should “bite cereal, not friends”. That’s good parenting right there.