Cosmo is born

Every so often the kids do something to remind you of how young and precious they still are. On Saturday I agreed to take Lucy to Build-A-Bear in exchange for help with preparing the house for the onslaught of girl cousins coming over that evening. True to my word, Lucy and I went to the mall on Sunday afternoon to spend her gift card. She fluttered about the store selecting clothes for her existing bears when she changed course and decided to pick out her own, new teddy. She selected the bear and after having him stuffed, she proceeded over to the birth certificate computers where she promptly named him Cosmo. The whole process reminded me of how young she still is and I'm glad for the memory.

BITR Cold

 Tonight for Christopher's Senior Engineering project, he demonstrated his invention called "BITR Cold" which stands for Brass Instrument Temperature Regulator.  When he was playing his brass instrument in the cold during the end of marching band season, the players would have to constantly blow through their horn to attempt to keep it warm so that it wouldn't sound flat.  To prevent this problem, Chris and his partner Diego invented a device that will attach around the mouthpiece and take temperature readings to determine if air inside the horn needs to be heated up.  If the temperature falls below a certain range, the BITR will heat up and regulate the temperature to try and keep the instrument playing at a proper tune.