February 17-21. 2010: How to Entertain a 5 Year Old for a Weekend

My parents took a much needed vacation down to St. George so my Dad could attend the Land Surveyor's Conference, and while they were out we took care of my nephew for them. Confused? My nephew lives with my parents for the time being- it's a long story.

Since the grass is always greener, I was suspecting we'd have a weekend full of "When's Grandma coming to get me?" So I tried to think of ways we could entertain him all weekend long- plus keeping him entertained seems to equal less yelling :).

This was a struggle since energy is low at our house as well as money. But I think we managed to have a pretty fun weekend together. Sure we had a lecture here and there, but we still enjoyed having him, and I hope he enjoyed his stay.

I found this to be the one of the best activities. It kept the babies from crying, and it kept me from having to say, "Not so rough!" every ten seconds.



There's nothing like a new pet to keep a 5 year old busy. This is the cat we adopted over the weekend, and this is the only picture I got of it before it left our residence. It was an extremely well behaved cat, and it put up with all of the boys very well. We were sad to see it go, but we also didn't want to keep such a good cat from it's owners.




Welcome to Pirate Island! This is a new little joint in town that Craig and I have been wanting to check out. It was very well done inside. All the workers are dressed up like Pirates, and the decorating is top notch. The food wasn't bad, and the prices are decent. I highly recommend taking a family outing to this place. Very fun!










Nothing like a good ol' fashioned tooth pullin'. On Sunday we finally wiggle-jiggled my nephew's first loose tooth free. And boy was he ever proud of it!

Poor Little Chubber Chubs (or big H)

Aside from having to live with a nick name like "Chubber Chubs," our little boy has to put up with a lot more.

He just wants to eat like a grown up, but he's not yet grown.



While getting his fingernails clipped, he gets his fingertip snipped. OUCH! We're so sorry sweetie, but, on the bright side you do look cute with that band-aid



Not only does he have to endure teething, he has to get 2 or 3 (we think) at once, live with his parents getting frustrated with him for days before they figured it out and, when they did figure it out, getting his mouth pulled a part as they try to get a picture of it.



I'm sorry Chubber Chubs, but just remember we sure do love you!

July 11 and 12, 2009: Our busy, and Eventful, Weekend

What a crazy fun weekend we had. Our first event was realizing we didn't know where my camera was. Its the only camera we have until Craig orders his new one. We searched everywhere for it. We were looking for it all weekend. Finally we found it today in Craig's car. Phew! We borrowed my mom's camera to take these pictures. We're not having luck with camera's lately.

In the midst of the camera chaos we still managed to have and eventful weekend. We headed up to the Scottish Festival in Payson on Saturday. It was fun, but way hot, and I had dressed to boys for cold weather because when we left it was raining. Well it rained just enough to give us some nice humidity. With the heat, and humidity, we decided not to stay long.



We stopped in Spanish Fork and got some lunch at Carls Jr. Then we headed to Highland to deliver a life vest to my friend.

After that we checked out the new Wal-Mart in Cedar Hills. It was so nice to go to a Wal-Mart that wasn't out of every item we wanted to buy ;)



There we discovered Hyrum had his first tooth coming in. You can't see it in the picture very well, but its there. This is the first time that Hyrum beat Henry to a milestone. And what a fun milestone it is.

I think Henry will be getting a tooth soon. He's been fussy and drooling a lot. Its either a tooth or twin sympathy pains.



While at Wal-Mart we also discovered that Henry is a Patron Saint. Either that or he's trying to convince us what an angelic child he is.

After our fun romp at the new Wal-Mart we stopped and visited my Grandparents in Highland.

When we got home I decided to stay up late and finish the boys name/picture things. I'm going to write there blessing stuff on the back and then hang them up by there blessing outfits.



On Sunday we went to church. I had to take a pic of their outfits because I thought they looked so cute!