I became a clown because my mom had been one for about a year. When my mom returned home from clown alley meetings, she explained how exciting it was. I had been looking at all the old New Calliopes (a clown magazine) from her library collection for a few months when I decided to be a clown. It was a great decision and I decided to be an Auguste clown for my inner goofiness and creativity. It took me awhile to come up with a clown name; my parents really wanted me to use my nickname Frody. They called me Frody because my sister had the same nick name when she was little. My sister was named Frody because she could not say throw, she would say frowed. But at that time my favorite candy was Skittles and a lot of clown names are from candy names. I have been clowning for about a year now with my mother. My favorite thing to do at events is make balloons. I have taken several balloon classes and attended a few balloon jams with some well known balloon artists in the United States. I have also attended the Northwest Festival of Clowns for two years now, one in Bellingham, Washington and this last fall in Billings, Montana.