Deja Vu

Can you do the Hokey Pokey or YMCA or even Disco duck? I took the kids to family night at Crystal Palace skating rink. The same rink I went to growing up and it seemed as though nothing had changed except the music. Our music was Thriller and Beat It. I didn't hear any of that but the classics were still there. Hayden and Stewart weren't really into YMCA, even after I demonstrated the moves. I can't imagine why. This was Garrett's first experience with a skating rink and he loved it. Stewart got third place in the races, but they disqualified him for hitting a cone. How Rude. Your still a winner in mt book Stewart. Kenady pretty much skated hanging onto the wall. It typically took her about 30 min. to get around the rink once. When she heard the announcement for hokey pokey I could see the fear in her eyes thinking she might miss it. I walked her out to the circle for the dance and they didn't notice I wasn't wearing skates untill about halfway through. The DJ asked all those not wearing skates to leave the rink. I was the only one.
Hayden helped Kenady finish the Hokey Pokey.
It was a fun night!

Friendship Bread Take 2

Hayden's first round of friendship bread went something like this:

Hayden spent 10 days cultivating his bread starter each day adding another special ingredient.

At the end of ten days uses 1 cup of special starter and multiple other ingredients to make the bread.

uses 1 1/4 cups of baking powder instead of 1 1/4 tsp. (you can see where this is going).

Puts bread in the oven. Within 10 min. bread is overflowing out of pans.

Hayden pulls pans out of oven and immediately turns oven on to self clean. (I am gone at this time)

Luckily I come home shortly thereafter and smoke is billowing out of the oven.

I instantly start yelling and questioning Hayden and tell him he can"t cook without me anymore. He typically leaves a huge mess for me to clean up when he is cooking.

We get the self clean turned off and I can tell Hayden is very upset.

I instantly feel very guilty. What kind of mother am I. I shouldn't have yelled and I should have been helping him make the bread. We hug and both cry and spend the next two days cleaning out the oven.

You can see our first attempt wasn't so hot. Take 2 went much better. We went over measurements of each ingredient. Had a lesson on how to be a clean cook, putting things away after we used them. It was actually fun and the bread looks yummy.

Hayden wants to be a chef. He has a long road ahead of him!

Reunited........

This past week we were in Vegas visiting and the first thing Garrett saw as we walked in grandma and grandpa's house was this hat.

I think he was drawn to it subconciously. It was instantly on his head and within a matter of minutes he had finagled grandpa into giving it to him.

He was sooo excited when we got home and I showed these pictures we had taken of him last time him and the hat were together.

When he wears the hat he is Indiana Grossman! Jeff suggested we get him into acting classes pronto . He needs some sort of outlet.

Senior Sunrise

It seems like yesterday they were babies. Where has the time gone? Last week the Dixie High School graduating class of 2009 spent the night at the Recreation Center. They played games, listened to music, ate yummy food, and just hung out until about an hour before sunrise. They made their way up to the D on the mountain and rejoiced because they are officially seniors! I was at home crying! Keep your babies close because they grow up fast.

Chaotic and fun

Last weekend I got to bbsit Robyns kids while her and Travis went to Florida. We had a good time but it turned into a very busy three days. Stewart had 2 music Recitals. One for Cello and one for Piano and a tryout for a youth orchestra group, which we thought was at Reed Whipple and ended up being out by the airport. Logan also had a piano recital. Kenady had pictures for her dance group and we got to the pictures with her old tap shoes. She informed me as we pulled up that we would need to go into the dance shop next door to buy her some new shoes. Luckily I am anally on time to the extent that I'm usually 30 minutes early to things. Grandma ran to the house to get the right shoes and got a speeding ticket on the way. KK looked sooo cute in her costume though.

We tried to squeeze in some fun swimming at the YMCA. I thought I was being a good mother and aunt by lathering up the kids in sunscreen. It was a very hot day. Stewart came downstairs and informed me the pool was indoors. I had only gotten to Kenady and Garrett. This ended up being a problem when Garrett started rubbing his eyes and got sunscreen in them. We had to pull over twice to flush his eyes with bottled water. All in all it was chaotic but fun. Isn't this what life is all about.

GOOD TIMES

sunscreen incident

little boy BIG imagination

Garrett has always had a great imagination. For someone that had to be constantly entertained as a baby he sure does play well by himself now. Occasionally I have to ask him if we can have a break from sound effects, and he'll give me about 30 seconds and go back to whatever he was doing.

I will find GI joes, Star Wars figurines, whatever is the toy of the day hanging from lampshades, stair railings, light fixtures, bookshelves. It always makes me smile!

Have you ever seen a better use for Tinfoil than this Tin Man costume. I don't think so.

I wish my baby didn't have to grow up. If he is anything like his dad though he will never lose the imagination!

Andrews Eagle Project

Oh where do I even start! Can I just say I'm glad that it's done. Sadly I have two more boys to do this with. Will I make it through. Growing up with only sisters, this scout stuff has been a real learning experience for me. I am currently Garretts Wolf Den leader so I am learning more every day. Andrews actual project wasn't that bad. It was getting to the point where we could actually do it that was hard. Donations are hard to come by in an economy like this, but we found a few generous hardware stores that were willing to help, and G&G Stewart chipped in some too. {thanks mom and dad}. Getting a busy 17 1/2 yr old to get it done was probably the hardest feat. He made boxes for a homeless shelter that they use to store nonperishables in. They are lacking in storage space so these boxes help them greatly. We had a good turn out and we appreciate the out of towners coming to help. G Stewart, G Grossman, Paul, and Brian. Good Times