I am not exactly sure how it happened…but Wesley has been complaining about how long his hair is in the front, so I trimmed his bangs. Then he started asking if he could shave his head. He said he wants to be bald. He even asked if I could take off his eyebrows and eyelashes…! So on Sunday – we shaved his head.
It’s just hair, it will grow back… right?? 
Ready to go...
Before - front
Before - right side
Before - left side
Before - back
Here we go...
Jillian watched like this the whole time...
More hair gone.
And more...
The last of the hair now.
My bald boy!
After - front
After - right side
After - left side
After - back
He really wanted his head to be smooth with no hair at all – so we compromised with this.
It is super strange seeing Wesley with no hair. But his is over the moon about it. He loves it. He loves for people to feel it. He is happy.
Tags: Bald, hair, Wesley: 5 years 4 months 22 days
Mugging for the camera.
This past weekend Wesley got to try his hand at soldering. He really liked it. I picked out the Lux Spectralis kit from Makershed.com. The kit was cheap, had relatively few pieces and since it was a flashlight Wesley could actually use it. Plus, what kid doesn’t want a flashlight that does 36 different things (changes color, fades, blinks, flashes, etc).
Blowing away the smoke.
Aside from the microchip (which I did, because they are heat sensitive), Wesley did all of the soldering and trimmed all of the leads. He did get one little burn (he grabbed the wrong part of the iron), but soldiered through. He had a great time. We used lead-free solder, even though it makes the soldering more difficult, so he could actually use the kit when it was finished.
Trimming leads from a resistor.
Soldering solo
Attaching the switch.
Soldering on the switch.
All done and it works!
Testing out some of the functions.
Finished product - front.
Finished product - back.
After Wesley’s was working I went out and made one for Jillian, too. She helped with trimming the leads, but Amber was cooking dinner so we don’t have any photos. Jillian is excited to do some soldering. She’s probably a little young still, but I probably won’t wait until 5 1/2 (like Wes) to get her going on the iron. So much fun!
On Friday Joshua was off work (he is working the same schedule now that he did while we were in Austin – and it is great!) and we all went to the Spring Fair.
Jillian saw a commercial for it and saw that Dora would be there. She was so excited to go and see Dora and Boots. But she is rather scared of large fuzzy costumes…but she said she would not be scared and that she could not wait.
We got to the fair and it was starting to drizzle on us. So we did some inside activities before we went to see Dora.
We went to the pig barn first:
He held his nose the whole time.
Next we went to see round one of the Dock Dogs competition.
We got a good spot.
In the round we saw - this dog was 2nd place - he jumped about 18 feet.
Now it was time to go and see Dora! Hooray… Jillian was so excited.
Until she saw her!
She would not go near the line or even look at Dora. And she was upset that Boots was not there. She kept asking me why he was not with her. She decided that he did not like the rain so he stayed home.
Next we went to the cow barn. We got a to “milk” a cow. It was filled with water – but it gave the kids the idea.
He said it was hard work and it made his hands sore.
Jillian got too close to the cow and got scared... poor thing!
Next was the Ag Magic show.
Watching so intently.
The kids were yelling back ” Thank a Farmer” after everything. Thank a farmer for your toilet paper & for baseballs… It was a bit strange but the kids enjoyed her.
After the show.
On our way to get some lunch the monster trucks were driving into the arena.
It was SO loud!
The last truck was very stinky...
I think Jillian was a bit shocked by the whole thing.
After lunch of curly fries and cotton candy, we went to the kids play room. There was a lot to do in here:
A double sided Frigits' board.
Cool magnets to build with - this one looked like a dumbbell.
Free face painting.
It was a cool airbursh kind - it did not wear off.
For his left cheek: a spider and a web.
For her left cheek: a butterfly.
And for their right cheek: W - a lizard & J - a lady bug.
Then we saw all kinds of snakes, spiders, turtles, bugs and a bird.
This chameleon was very cool!
We took pictures in the garden.
Looked at a big spider through a microscope. (I was very proud of her since she is VERY scared of spiders.)
Ground some corn.
Made a bug hat.
And we made potato people. This one is Jillian's.
And this one is Wesley's.
Then it was off to see Dora one last time…maybe Jillian would see her if we tried again – and she wanted to try again.
Dora was on a break when we got there...So Wesley got his picture with just Backpack & Map. Jillian would not eve go for this.
She is waiting for Dora to come back - but up on Dad's shoulders where it is safe.
Wesley was excited to have his picture with Dora - but he did say after that it was a bit scary.
And then we went home.
All in all the Spring Fair was fun. It was rainy – but it did not matter. We were not planning on going on any rides anyway.
Tags: Amber, Dora, Fair, Jillian: 3 years 8 months 2 days, Joshua, Puyallup Spring Fair 2011, Wesley: 5 years 4 months 20 days
This photo of Wesley was picked by the National Wildlife Federation for an online article on their “Your Big Backyard” website. It illustrates their “The Nose Knows” article about taking your kids on a “scent hunt”. It wasn’t a contest or anything, they just saw the photo on Flickr and asked if they could use it. Congrats to Amber on such a great photo. That tulip is from the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2009. Making Wesley just 3 years, 4 months and 25 days old (yeah, we keep track).
If you just can’t get enough you can download the original photo from Flickr.