Brian has now finished his sabbatical and has to go back to work...bummer. The boys enjoyed going skiing with him and Xander is now a level three since he passed off all the requirements. Dylan also did a great job and really started to get the hang of it. We have had lots of fun over the holidays playing games, hanging out with friends and all sorts of schenanegans. We have also started the work on our basement hoping to complete the work before the new baby comes.
Bushmans and Burdicks
Here are some cute pictures of Whitney and Emily with the kids looking at the "Ghost of the Bayou" the sad little albino aligator with the small cage. The kids didn't notice the inhumanity of it all. We told the kids to make the silliest faces they could manage. Not so silly kids, you need more practice.
Boo at the Zoo
We went to Boo at the Zoo at Hogle Zoo this year and it was madness. The parking started about at the University of Utah...Urgh. The kids had fun trick or treating but towards the end everyone had run out of "good" candy (since there was record breaking attendance that day) and they gave everyone starlight mints :(. We did also stumble across something very disturbing. The very large gorilla picked his boogers and was eating them. After that, this same disgusting gorilla took a steamy pile of poo into his hand and started eating it!!!! I tried to get the gorilla in action but the blasted delay on my camera only caught him with the poo in his hand. To avoid the dry heaves I tried to round up the kids but of course, they were fascinated by this. A few hours later when we were leaving the zoo, Dylan said "Mommy, I didn't like it when the gorilla ate his poo". I guess we will be changing our blog title from "welcome to the monkey house"...we don't want any association with poo eating.
Popeye
We have been watching the old Robin Williams Popeye movie a lot lately and the kids have memorized most of the songs. They especially like the song Bluto sings "I'm mean, I'm mean, I'm mean, you know what I mean" (This is also my new favorite song to sing in my best Bluto voice when the kids don't get their way and are mad at me). While we were at church today, Dylan was coloring and drew Popeye. He drew what looked like his pipe coming out of his mouth. Brian asked Dylan what it was and Dylan said that it was his snorkel. Great idea Dylan...much better.
Dylan was in the kitchen helping Brian cook his specialty "chili mac and cheese" when Dylan said "Dad, your the happiest cook but your a weirdo". I wondered when they would have us all figured out. The jig is up. They are on to us.
Deep thoughts by Sydney and Dylan
Sydney walked in on me in the bathroom the other day and asked me if I was going pee or poop. I told her that I had to go pee. Then she shook her head and said "your not even trying"...I guess she heard that one from Brian while potty training.
While I was getting my kids and groceries in the car in the Smiths parking lot, I ran into an old friend from California. Dylan was in a hurry to see his friend Victoria so he was not thrilled that I stopped to talk to my old friend. Dylan said "lets go" a few times then finally screamed "Mommy, Lets go" as loud as he could. This was the abrupt end of our conversation. When I got into the car I tried to explain to Dylan that it was not polite to scream at me like that. Dylan informed me that he didn't do it. He said "My brain told my bones and my bones told my skin and my skin told my body and my body told my mouth to say that". I am guessing that was his version of the insanity plea. ha ha.
stinky pits
Sydney has become obsessed with brushing her teeth. When she is done brushing, she wants me to smell her breath to see if it is still stinky. She has just recently learned what deodorant is and that it goes under your arms so that you don't smell bad. She came to me yesterday and wanted to use my deodorant. I told her no so she lifted up her arms so that I could see her armpits and she told me that she had stinky breath....I think she was a little confused but I did let her put on some deodorant.
Today Dylan and Sydney had lots of fun while I was trying to make chili for the ward party. They had been told to play in the playroom. I heard lots of noise but I assumed they were playing. They took two baskets of clean laundry (baskets and all) and threw the clothes off of our 2nd story master bedroom balcony. There were clothes on the roof, in the rain gutters and all over our front lawn. They also took lots of toys (sydneys dolls, strollers, dinosaurs etc) and threw them on top of the clothes. Then they took the game peices from Brian's GO board and threw them on top of everything and in the grass. They are now in time out.
silly kids
The kids love to catch me while I am distracted. Today I was trying to to some RS work on the computer when I heard Dylan and Sydney laughing hysterically. This is never a good sign. Sydney took her blueberry yogurt and pretended to be a bird "pooping" the yogurt all over the floor and up the carpet on the stairs.
Dylan informed me today that Heavenly Father never picks his boogers...NEVER. haha.
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