Connor got a haircut!

This last week has been mostly normal week.  Monday our little friends came to play.  We made fruit loop necklaces. I was surprised that they worked on them for so long.  Bradley worked on his the whole hour they were here.  The little girl worked on hers for about 30 minutes then she just wanted to eat them.  The little boy didn't want to make one at all until he saw his sister eating the loops.  Then he wanted to make one too.  That night we had family home evening.

Busy at work.

Connor really wanted one too.  He helped just a little but mostly he just wanted one to wear around.  Then let Lauren eat it when she got home.

Tuesday Bradley had preschool, and it was warmer so we got to play a little outside.  We went to juggling club that evening, and I took my batons which I haven't done for a while, so that was fun.  Alan also started getting ready for his trip.

Wednesday was more of the same, we played outside and Alan continued getting ready.   I also decided that I was ready to give Connor a hair cut.  He probably could have used one a couple of months ago, but I just couldn't bring myself to cut off his cute little baby hairs.  But they were getting really long and just had to go.  I also knew that if I didn't cut it before Alan left I wouldn't do it while he was gone...and it couldn't wait that long.

Before

Before

Getting started

No turning back now

finished and after the bath

Enjoying his cookie!

Thursday Alan hosted a visiting professor from MIT in the lab.  We didn't help in Lauren's class because they were practicing for the Kindergarten program.  It was fun to play with Bradley and Connor here at home during that time... we did file folder games and tangram shapes.

Friday I went and helped in Jared's class.  Then we all went to the storytelling workshop after school.  That night was the Wasatch school family dance.  We danced for a little and then waited in line for cotton candy for close to an hour.  We were afraid we wouldn't get any, since it had officially ended before we got to the front of the line.  Alan finished getting ready for his trip.

Saturday Alan left early on the shuttle to the airport.  His advisor was going to go but ended up canceling the day before.  Alan went to Japan for a conference.  Since everyone got up to say goodbye we had plenty of time to make green eggs and ham and star-bellied sneech toast for breakfast. Jeff came over to babysit so I could go to our Stake's relief society conference.  Sister Burton the general relief society president was the keynote speaker at the conference.  It was good.  When I got home, everyone was having fun racing their cars they had made out of cardboard with Jeff.  The cars were made out of milk lids, toothpicks, straws, and cracker boxes or milk jugs.  I'm grateful that Jeff was able to babysit so I could go to the conference.  Everyone loves it when he and Elizabeth come to play.  He even made it to the top of some of their favorite uncle lists.  But their lists change daily.  After we did a few things around the house we went and played mini golf at Trafalga... it was such a nice day we were hoping the outside courses would be open, but they weren't so we played black light mini golf inside.  Connor has a pretty good little put...even in the dark.  Then we went to Winco.  A nice boy offered to bag my groceries, because Connor was done being at winco, and I let him, but it was hard to watch, since I'm so particular about how the groceries are bagged.  But in the end it was probably really helpful.  Then we hurried home, ate dinner, and watched Aladdin.  It was the first time for the kids to see it.  They said there were only a few scary parts and the genie was hilarious.

Do you like green eggs and ham?  (They all only like them with ketchup on them)

Connor thinks this car is great!

Golf

Sunday Brad got to say prayer in primary.  After church we hurried home to skype with Alan.  We were only able to skype for about 10 minutes because he had to leave for his meeting, and his sound wasn't working but it was fun to get to see him and talk and chat.  Later in the evening we skyped with Grandma and Grandpa for a while. 

We have 4 Kelloggs bowls that have breakfast cereal characters in the bottom...like Snap, Crackle, and Pop, the fruit loop toucan, Tony the Tiger, and the corn flake rooster, Corny.  We use these bowls almost every day.  Not for breakfast...mostly for dinner.  It is an exciting thing to eat enough of your dinner to see who is sitting at the bottom of the bowl. (Even though they don't really know any of them.)    Well Brad has named the rooster Chika Baka.  I don't know why, but I think it is hilarious!  He loves it when he get Chika Baka...and so do I.