Produce

I like to shop for produce.  Sometimes I don’t get what I want but.  Rock hard avacados can ripen in the window sill, I can deal with that.  I love going to Costco with the kids.  They love it to.  It’s just a big freaking time of family fun!

The Clark Planetarium

Me and the kiddoes made a visit to the Clark Planetarium in downtown SLC for some recreation and a little education.  They have a gift shop with all kinds of crazy contraptions and science geek toys to capture the fancy of young and old alike.  They have mood rings too.

The kids took a ride on the moon gravity simulator unit.  I love watching them laugh, I can’t really think of anything better in life.  Have a look at some pics from the day.

Cassidy doing her best Ozzy Osbourne…”Shaaa-ronnnn!”

Spencer kickin’ it old school on Mars

Spencer kickin it old school on the Moon (he gets around)

Nathan discovering an interest in the planets

Spencer geeking out

Some gravity contraption – very cool!

Spencer strapped in

Cassidy’s turn

Nathan takes a spin around the room

A view from their house that night while dropping them off

Let your fingers do the painting

How you doin’? It’s good to be back on the blogosphere. I took a bit of a hiatus to focus on life issues. They seem to have cleared up with a little help from my friends. My house is closing Thursday and the proverbial attached strings are finally being cut.

We had an incredible Thanksgiving weekend with the kids. For the first time in a long time I was able to have them for somewhat of an extended stay. They were with us from Wednesday through Sunday and every moment was precious. Erica isn’t exactly used to a house full of chaos and exuberance but she did an amazing job of adapting and being a wonderful ’step-mom’ (in quotes because while she plays the role very well, it is titular only at this point).

We even had the neighbors over on Friday night for a couple adult beverages and a rousing game of Beyond Balderdash. I really like them. They brought their kids over and we sent them upstairs and downstairs while we socialized and the night culminated in a sleepover for the little ones. They had a blast and we all made some new and better friends out of it.

We spent a lot of our weekend putting together our new acquisitions from IKEA. Beds, tables, chairs, picture frames, clocks, lamps, rugs, bedding, light fixtures…we splurged and decorated the shit out of our new home. Cali got a new bedroom fit for a princess and Cassidy got to move to her own room in the basement. Next weekend the boys get their new bunk bed!

Now for the pictorial. We made a mess with finger paints this weekend. The kids got their creativity on and globbed gooey finger paint all over their hands, their feet and the floor. We let the art dry and framed it for them to hang in their bedrooms. They are thrilled and so are we as our home comes together.