On Saturday the Masons were providing a really wonderful free service called the GAchip identification program. We took the kids over to their lodge. They were photographed from several different angles, they video recorded an interview of each of them, they finger printed every single finger, they did a dental imprint and took a DNA sample. All of this was put into a packet for us to take home with us. All of the information was erased from their computers, so if, heaven forbid, either of them were missing, we would take this packet to the police and allow them to use it in an effort to find them. It's hard to believe that it was done for free. We found out about it through a flier sent home with Olivia at her preschool. They said they had about 90 kids show up on Saturday, but they were hoping to have more like 150. They're interested in providing this same service again maybe next August or September. If you live close by, keep your eyes peeled for when they do this again. I feel like it is such a great opportunity. They were very sweet folks, and they did a good job. The only funny thing was that we realized after we got home that Olivia's race was "Native American". Oops. :) Anyway, they kept saying to us, "We send you home with these packets hoping they'll never get used." And that is our hope as well, of course, but it seems like it could potentially be of help if they were to go missing.
OK, enough of that. So afterwards, the reward for them sitting through that process was to get their face painted. Olivia LOVES to have her face painted, so this was super fun for her, and hers wound up looking gorgeous, as you can see here!
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