The patients are not always interested .......

Another day in Peds, a short one however, the census included a lot of sleeping teenagers. Now I know its a lot of fun waking up teenagers....but not today. We just let them sleep and get their energy back to heal. I did get to sing a verse of "Silvery Moon" with one of the nurses. All in a days work......

Clown Rounds May 14th, 2010

Another great day in Pediatrics.....we had  a lot of laughs today, but the funniest moment was when the snake flashlight (that's just a spring snake that comes out of a flashlight) actually took a Dad by surprise which sent his son into rolling hysterical laughter for a good 10 minutes.. Mom and I got a good laugh and Dad laughed as well, as soon as he caught his breath. Lots of fun......

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!

Clown Rounds Friday April 15th

A good day's work on the Ped's unit. First stop I competed with the video game cart....not easy, but once they saw me drop the juggling clubs, well the rest was cake!
Actually I had a great experience today, I had just finished all the room to room work and was getting ready to leave when the attending of the day came to me and asked me to visit a child in the treatment room. Now this room is on the other side of the unit and rarely used, so I never go there. But I was lucky enough to be there today and spent about 20 minutes speaking with and performing for a 9year old while the Docs prepared to do a spinal tap.
One of those days when being there made that extra difference......

Day 2 at JUGGLE THIS at Pratt University in Brooklyn. We came in yesterday after work and stayed throughout the afternoon juggling, taking workshops, hanging with folks we knew... And today we're back a bit tired and I'm sore but ready to go. We are also manning a vendor table for MITZVAH MANIPULATIVES, Matthew's Bar Mitvah charity project. We have a bunch of sets of juggling balls to sell to raise money for. RED NOSE RESPONSE, and plenty of juggling (and for me dropping ) to do today!

Two weeks until JUGGLE THIS the annual juggling festival at Pratt University....and we are ready to go! This year Phineas will have a table to sell sets of juggling balls for his Mitzvah Manipulatives project to raise money for Red Nose Response. The rest of the team will be there juggling away....see you there!

Diabetes Research Foundation Carnival For A Cure

Sunday March 7th, Phineas and I spent the day clowning at the Carnival For A Cure at the Puck Building in NYC. this annual event helps raise funds for the Diabetes Research Foundation. Every year the DMMF donates our performance to this exciting carnival. This year we were supposed to do our usual clowning, Juggling, and balloon sculpture. When we got there, there were two other balloon twisters who blew us away (good pun there...) so we stuck to clowning and juggling. By the middle of the event it was way crowded. No room for club juggling, so we limited mostly to plate spinning with the kids. By the last hour it was so crowded we just spent the time clowning with people. the walk around gags held up very well and got all the laughs we needed. There was even a kid who dragged their parents across the floor to come see me standing dancing to my own tune. I used the foam rock with headphones wired to it and told them I was listening to rock music....cute gag and it played well in this venue. A great day spent clowning for a great organization!