Agents Robo Attack Birthday

Do you think he knows what it is? All he has to do is shake the box - it has the tell tale sound of a box that comes from Denmark.

Marcus is 7. He is so excited. He opened his gift from Grandma and Grandpa and was super happy. He sat and built it all through the afternoon. He is also sitting with his m&m's that he got from the Bishop for his birthday. He now has it posing in his Agents display on top of his dresser. He wants a volcano base cake for his birthday too....so more photos later.

Dahlia, the scissor lady

It doesn't seem to matter how many times we tell Dahlia that only Veronica and aunt Erin can cut hair. She still finds a way. She was snipping up parts of her bathing suit today and I took away the scissors. She found another pair and disappeared into the bathroom with Jacob while I was helping the boys with their homework. I noticed how quiet it was and went to investigate. The bathroom door was locked. Bad sign. Nobody answered when I knocked, then I knew there was trouble. I even counted to three before unlocking the door. Jacob sat curled up with his hands over his face in the corner and Dahlia was hiding in the tub. There was hair everywhere and an obvious attempt to clean up the hair with a bunch of very wet towels. Jacob looked terrible, but he proudly showed off his Dahlia haircut. Mary said it was okay, but I still feel bad. Poor Jacob will need to be buzzed to the scalp.

Dahlia, the nail artist.

Dahlia loves to paint her nails. I laid out a towel in the bathroom and let her go at it. After all how will she learn if I don't let her try. Rebecca walked in to see how she was doing, and she got roped into letting Dahlia do her nails. Aren't they fabulous. Dahlia was so proud. Aren't they gorgeous girls!

Vomit, Vomit, Vomit (Of Course there's no picture!)

Why is it all my vacations have vomit in them somewhere. Take this last week. Grandpa took us to dinner at Hires in Salt Lake, Marcus throws up. Neil throws up on the drive back home and then again at home. (blue on the carpet, why is vomit never clear?)
When we went to Disneyland last year, Marcus threw up his $15.00 lunch as soon as we left the restaurant. Of course, not to be outdone Neil threw up the first time we went to Disneyland.
I can't even count the number of times we've had to turn around 10 minutes into our trip because someone threw up in the car. They don't throw up when we go shopping, or to Costco, but somehow thier little bodies know that it's not just a trip to the store, it's a road trip so there must be vomit. I wonder if they draw straws to see who should do it. Whatever happens, we never travel without an empty bucket, towels, handy changes of clothes and now paper towels too. Vomit, Vomit, Vomit!

Marcus takes some pictures

This is Marcus with his new Bionicle. He had to have a picture but then he wouldn't smile. It took 10 shots to get a decent picture.

I went to upload pictures yesterday and discovered that the camera had been "borrowed" by Marcus. I know it was him because of the subject matter of the photographs, Neil would have photographed his own stuff. Marcus took pictures of all kinds of things in his room. It's interresting to see the kinds of things he treasures, based on the pictures he took.

Pee Wars

Yesterday Steve's BNI group held a picnic for families. I made cupcakes and we all went and had lunch on the lawn of an office complex. It was nice and shady, and the temperature was perfect. The kids filled up on soda and by the time we left they had to go really bad. There was of course no bathroom. Neil found a private bush and excused himself and the next thing we knew he was screaming his head off. "Marcus peed on me!" he screamed. Marcus came running back saying he didn't pee on Neil, he was trying to have a pee war. Apparently, this is when your pee tries to battle someone elses pee. Neil kept moving away and Marcus kept moving toward him as they were peeing. Neil got a little pee on his leg and was so upset. Marcus felt very misunderstood. Neil was wiping hand sanitizer all over himself. Marcus just wanted to have a pee stream battle. Needless to say, Pee Wars have been officially banned.

California Part 1

We drove down to California to visit Rob's family. Dahlia asked for the dress-ups right away. Thankfully Rebecca got them out and Dahlia started dressing up. Marcus got in the act too, and thought it was hilarious.

We went to see Trevor's soccer game and on the way home Dahlia fell asleep. She's wrapped up in Rebecca's jacket.

We walked up the hill at Rob's house to go for a walk. Dahlia loved the horses, and she tried to feed one her cheese.

Out on the ridgeline, we had a great time overlooking the valley. You can even see the ocean in the background.

Steve let Dahlia ride on her back. She loved being up high. She also liked looking at the spider webs. Oooh fun.