Jacob Wash, 4, settles down in an empty beautician's chair as his grandmother Melinda has her hair done by Brenda Gardner, a longtime friend and owner of the Hair Clinic in Lawrenceburg. Melinda, 49, tries to keep her hair short and colors her gray away with dye she buys at Wal-Mart.With no sign of slowing down, Jacob Wash, 4, shoots out his imaginary Spiderman web as his grandmother, Melinda Earlywine, far left, tries to hold a conversation with new neighbors Bonnie, Kate and John Wickizer. John's father, Charles Wickizer, is at far right.Bearing the weight of her decision to raise her grandson, Melinda Earlywine, 49, walks Jacob back home after exploring for deer tracks and fall foliage on their 80-acre property west of Lawrenceburg. "I want him to really like nature," Earlywine said.
Melinda Earlywine and her grandson Jacob learing the number 4 outside their home west of Lawrenceburg.Melinda Earlywine, 49, checks on her four-year-old grandson, Jacob, as he uses the women's restroom at Outskirts Restaurant in Lawrenceburg. Earlier, Jacob announced for all customers in the restaurant to hear, "Hey, Grandma, I got to go poop here."Melinda Earlywine, 49, feeds her quarter horse Bandy sweet feed as her four-year-old grandson Jacob Wash plays atop a dog house outside their home west of Lawrenceburg Monday, October 17, 2005.
Four-year-old Jacob Wash sleeps beside his grandparents' bed at their home west of Lawrenceburg. Jacob crawled over to the bed from his room in the middle of the night much to the surprise of his grandfather Jimmy Earlywine who left the house for work before 6 a.m. Jacob told his grandmother, Melinda Earlywine, that he dreamed of "Thomas the Tank Engine."
