Pink Eye Stink Eye

Pink Eye has been going around, and Gavin got it too.  He missed 3 days of school, and washed his hands raw at home.  Luckily, his eye cleared up just in time for Harry Potter Night.!

Sundays with Sam

Sundays with Sam XLVII

It's 1st and 10, the ball is in the air, great catch by Sam!

 Here comes Coop for the tackle, Oo, Sam goes down hard. And it's a Fumble!

 

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

And now a word from our sponsors.

*"You guys have to stop fighting. We're the Cops!"*

And we're back!  Now Coop has the ball, he is running really fast and...

 TOUCHDOWN!

Busy Week!

Whew, this was one busy crazy week!  

Monday:

I don't even remember what happened on Monday.

Tuesday:

Gavin's Birthday Party

A snow storm hit us Tuesday, actually 2 snow storms hit us.  It was also the day that we had planned Gavin's birthday party with friends.  He wanted to go to "Kangaroo Zoo" in Pleasant Grove.  Easy cheesy, thought mama.  Drive a bunch a 7 year olds to a giant play place.  Then the snow storms hit.  We had a foot of new snow on the the ground by 11:00 in the morning.  I started thinking that maybe today wasn't the best day to drive others peoples kids around.  So I planned an impromptu 'pirate' party just in case the snow didn't let up.  Well by the time the party started the neighborhood roads were barely passible, but the main roads were just fine.  So we headed to the jumping zoo.

Moey on the 3 story high slide

There were about 15 different inflatable jumpy slidey fun house toys for the kids to play on.  They had much fun. (Note, Gavin still didn't get his two front teeth for his birthday.)

Halle on a bouncy snail.

We returned home to presents and pizza and colorful cupcakes.  5 7-year-olds have a lot of combined energy!

Wednesday

First Den Meeting

I got to hold my first Bear Cub Scout Den Meeting this week (by my self, (stupid needy client at work.))

We did more magic tricks.

After scouts we had a mad rush to start and complete two science fair projects that were due the next day.

Gavin tested Density, first by testing which was heavier, oil, water and corn syrup.  Then he tested several different small items to see if they would float or sink in the density concoction.

Moey wanted to see what she could add to bubble solution to see if you could make bubbles last longer.  She tried sugar, salt, pepper, corn syrup, maple syrup, and extra water.

The results were fairly predictable, pepper and sugar didn't help so much.  The syrups helps some.  But the results that we were not expecting is that SALT added to the bubble solution make the bubbles last exponentially longer!  The bubble lasted an average of 16 seconds, the longest salt solution bubble lasted more than 4 minute.

They didn't even mark the salt on this graph, because the salt points made all the other points look basically the same.

After the fun experiment part, we spent the rest of the long night working on journals and poster boards.

Yeah for procrastinators.

Thursday

Crazy hair day!

It is also Red Ribbon Week.  The kids got to dress funny each day this week.  I am just realizing that I didn't get any pictures of  "Career Day"  Moey dressed as a Zoo Keeper and Gavin Dress as a Scientist (think Bill Nye.)

Moey had  the great idea of using paper cups to give her self voluminous ponytails.

Halle's hair is always crazy

Gavin got a faux hawk.

Thursday night was the open house for the science fair.  Gavin has Gymnastics on Thursday, so he didn't come with us.

Friday

Go visit family

Don't go anywhere because the car is back in the shop.

We had to replace the front deferential in my car a couple of weeks ago.  It cost a pretty penny.  So when the 'service 4 wheel drive' light came on again, we rushed the car back to the shop, leaving me car less.  Here's the hitch.  The car shop closes at 3:00 on Fridays, and is closed on Saturdays. So if I wanted my car back before Monday, I had to figure out how to get it myself.  

So Cooper got his first stroller ride! Fortunately, the car shop is only one mile away from our house.  We only got stuck in the snow a few time. ;)

Whew, what a week!  Time for some snuggle for me!

Brother Snuggles

Ethan is pretty much the best big brother ever.  And he is pretty much the best son ever.  And not to mention, he is pretty much the best teenager ever (even if he is taller than me.)

I often dump the baby on him.  When I need to clean something, or cook something, or help someone with their homework.  Sometime I have to run to the store, and he gets to watch all the kids. 

(Side note, I bought an awesome infant car seat, it has the highest safety rating, it has some cool features  that I love.  I searched for a LONG time to find just the right carseat.  And the stupid thing doesn't fit on a shopping cart.  If I go grocery shopping with Cooper and the carseat, he has to go in the basket, which doesn't leave much room for groceries - like good luck fitting a gallon of milk in the big basket with the carseat.  I digress, every time I go grocery shopping, Ethan gets to watch Cooper.)

Basically, Ethan gets stuck with Cooper A LOT.  So I am always a little surprised when he will pick up Cooper just to snuggle.  Ethan finds snuggle time, just about everyday.

 Aw, so sweet.

Hey, what have you got there? A camera?

Curse you Perry the Platypus!

Mom vs. Dad

When mom is alone with baby,

When dad is alone with baby.

 (thats a diaper on his head)

Sundays with Sam

"Hey Sam, look, I am way taller than you now."

"No you are not, Coop. my head is higher than yours, so I am taller."

"But Sam. my legs are like twice as long as yours.  That make me taller."

"Fine your legs might be my head but...   WET WILLY!"

"Ew, Sam, Gross!"

"Hey Sam, wanna hear a joke?"

"Sure"

"Knock, Knock."

"Who's there?"

"Mutton"

"Mutton Who?"

"You'er getting Mutton for Christmas!"

"Mmm, nom, nom, Mutton."

"Whats the matter Sam?"

"If you had teeth you would eat me!"

 "No Sam, I will never eat you.  You are my best bud."

"Love you too, man."

**Actual conversation**

In other new, It's my birthday.  I had a great day, sluffing church (Dry council Sunday!) (but no seriously. Germs)

I was spoiled with presents, good food, and time with family.  Mother Nature even gave me a couple of minutes of blue sky and sunshine. She also blew all the gunk out of the valley.  We could see clear down to Payson!