Connor is 1!!!!

Last Monday after getting those guys to school I came back for long enough to do the dishes then Alan dropped me off at the dentist.  I got all the fillings on my left side done..all 10.  Alan was just going to come get me after getting Lauren...that was how long they said it would take.  I got done and hurried down stairs and waited and waited . ...for about 20 minutes.  I decided I better go check and see if I had missed them in the elevator.  Sure enough there they were sitting in the waiting room, watching the birds and making themselves at home...Bradley at least had his shoes off...maybe Lauren too.  They hit a nerve in my cheek while numbing me and it hurt super bad...I almost jumped.out of the chair.  They had to give me a minute or two to recover. I had uncontrollable tears coming out of my eye .  I was glad to be out of there.  The rest of the day was pretty normal.  We did all the usual homework and had family home evening.

Tuesday after dropping those guys off at school I went straight to the dentist. They did the right side of my face ...I had 9 fillings for that side.  I saw a different dentist and I was glad since the one the day before had hurt so bad. Tuesday hurt a lot less and was faster. . I got back home in time to go down to preschool where Alan and Brad and Connor were.  Alan said they had been having a good time.  I got there just in time for playdough.  Alan hurried down to work.  After getting Lauren we came home and I tried to get feeling back to my face.  Tuesday was a lot warmer and we were able to walk down and get Jared.  Lauren rode her bike down and Jared rode it most of the way home.  That evening we went to honks to get some parts for their valentines and then hurried home, ate dinner, squeezed in a hair cut for Jared, and went to juggling club.

Wednesday was Connor's Birthday!!!!! I can't believe this little guy is 1.  Even Jared said wow that went fast.  I baked a cake in the morning.  Connor and Alan slept in and I almost had it all baked and dishes done by the time they got up.  We went to story time at the library.  I had to renew my library card since it had expired and they were having a book sale upstairs.  I figured we could go look quick before getting Lauren. I was looking at all the books and had a pile that I was going to get and when I turned to tell Brad it was time to go he was gone. I searched the whole ballroom for him and couldn't find him anywhere...even calling his name.  I told my friend who was there I couldn't find him. All my books plus Connor were getting heavy and unmanageable...and if I was going out I would have to put them down.  I ran through the whole library and didn't find him anywhere.  I decided he probably really was still in the ballroom since it is not like him to wander.  I went back up there and he was standing by my friend.  I was really glad to find him.  He was pretty upset.  We were late to get Lauren by this time, but I felt like I had to buy the kid a book after all that, so we got him the one he was holding and hurried to get Lauren.  She had been taken to the office to call, but we met her and Mrs.Porter in the hall on their way back out.  It was an exciting morning.  Luckily all we had to do in the afternoon was decorate the cake and wrap a few presents and blow up a few balloons. Bradley wrapped the book he had gotten for Connor.  Jeff and Elizabeth came over for dinner.  We had pancakes with applesauce...they yummy stuff we canned. We also had eggs and bacon.  It was a yummy dinner and Connor loved it.  We skyped with Lindsay, Alan,  and Alyanne and we were able to skype with grandma and grandpa Schachterle and Greg too.  Connor had a fun time opening his presents, but he was pretty tired by cake time.  I'm not sure he would have really enjoyed it anyway,  but he didn't want to touch it. He got his forearm in it and that was pretty upsetting.  He was happy to get a bath after it though. Connor had a pretty fun birthday.

See that little bit of frosting on his pointer...yep that's about all he did.

He accidentally fell and got his forearm in the cake and got really upset about it.

He did a little better with a piece and spoon

But I think he was just tired and really wanted a drink

Turning 1 is hard work!

Thursday Alan taught a couple of.classes for his advisor.  Bradley, Connor, and I got to go help in Lauren's class.  We helped them write letters to classmates, address,  and then send then...by putting them in the right numbered box. It seemed like a pretty fun activity. Some of the kids were really into it and in their 10 minutes or so wrote 4 or 5. Some of the boys were not so thrilled about it and barely made it through one.  Thursday was another really nice warm day and we were able to walk down and get Jared again...it was 46 when we left.  When we got home there were a ton of kids outside.  We were able to play outside for about an hour. It was really nice.

Connor got a really cool play house that goes over our card table.  Alan made it.  These guys have been playing with it nonstop it seems.  You can see tent cities were popular!  There are several cute faces peeking out the window

Better pictures of the awesome play house.

Friday I went to Jared's class and Bradley and Connor went to a friend's.  Part of the time I was timing kids to see how far they could get on a list of 100 words in 1 minute.   The ones who got to do that had a fun time with it.   After school Jared and Lauren had a storytelling workshop, so they can be in the storytelling festival. I was supposed to go the first time too.  Right when we were getting to the school it started snowing...and snowing hard. We had to scrape the car before we left.  When we got home we played for a little while and then made dinner and peanut butter squares and went and meet Alan at his lab.  They were having a game night.  I mostly walked around the Talmage building with Connor, Bradley,  and Lauren. We did play one round of uno.  Alan and Jared had a fun time playing a round of another card game that was there.

Smoothie face!

Saturday we woke up to more snow...but only a couple of inches.  We had a slow morning and got some things done here that needed worked on.  Then we went to Trafalga in Lehi. It has been a few months since we've been there.  We had fun mini golfing, doing the climbing wall, playing in the tunnels, and Alan, Jared, and Lauren laser tag.  We spent a lot longer there than we thought we would. On the way home we stopped at winco.   We were trying hurry fast to get back to make it to a BYU hockey game.  As we got closer to home it had snowed more.  We almost didn't go to the game, but we ended up going and I'm glad.we.did. We had a lot of fun and BYU beat Boise 11 to 1.  It was a really fun day.

Getting rides...and loving it!

Having fun taking apart a router.

We wore him out!

Bradley got a hair cut before church...which was much needed. Alan got released from primary today, so he and Connor got to go to sunday school and priesthood. They both haven't been in quite a while, but seems like they survived.  I did singing time today.  We started learning My Heavenly Father Loves Me.  We talked about our senses a little then I had a lilac candle for them to smell, bird sounds to hear, a picture of blue sky to see (there is no blue sky around here...hasn't been for days..maybe weeks) then I took a spry bottle so they could feel rain I thought that some of them might not like to be sprayed, but they all wanted to, I had a fan to make wind, and a fabric velvety rose for them to touch.  It was a pretty fun singing time. We also sang do as I'm doing 3 times and once there was a snowman For do as I'm doing we tip toes, rubbed or tummies and patted our heads and rode race horses.  When we sang they were all over the room and on their race horses they made a track around the room which was funny and fun.  This evening we made Chinese dumplings to celebrate Chinese New Year. It was fun and they turned out yummy although some of the kids weren't too thrilled with them.  Alan worked on making the valentines tonight.  It was a good day and a good week.

Connor is walking a ton now and he has 4 teeth on the top now to go with his 2 on the bottom.  They all keep growing and getting bigger and smarter.  Jared and Lauren brought home report cards this week and they are doing great.