Vacances Week 2

The first week of vacances we didn't leave the house much.  I guess we did have some new friends over to play and took them grocery shopping (2 adults, 6 kids...so entertaining :).  Anyways, the second week Ryan had a normal work day then training each evening 6pm-midnight (US training hours).  That schedule made for a long week with kids.   I did try to make things a little more fun thought since dad wasn't going to be home to chase them around each evening (I'm pretty sure they think mom is kinda lame most of the time).

We went to Technopolis twice.  Kherington and I built a house on each trip using the mega blocks while Kevin ran wild (I just made sure he was within eye sight).  We also did a lot of marble run building.

We made strawberry cupcakes together.  The kiddos helped with the entire process and it made a huge mess.  Then we ate them 3 different times which made more messes each time.  In the end, Kherington really was only interested in the frosting. I think she might have nibbled on the cake part, but she licked the frosting clean.  Kevin went for it all but had to have a utensil in his hand while he ate with this other hand.

The rest of the days, we played, made messes and ate more food...sometimes without mom knowing.  I'm pretty sure I posted a very similar Cheetos picture of Kherington when she was Kevin's age.

By Saturday I was done with kids BUT Ryan had to go on the youth temple trip so it was just another long day.  We went to the store and I picked up some fresh cherries for myself thinking I could enjoy them without the kids.  Well, Kherington really loved them...so much for that idea: