Ice Cream Heaven

Whoever thought of this was brilliant. At the State Fair a few weeks ago - we just happened to go on the day of the Ice Cream Festival. All You Can Eat Ice Cream! Every Utah Ice Cream producer was there with a stand. Fat Boy Ice Creams were a favorite. The BYU Dairy was there - I didn't remember their ice cream being so good. As you can see, we all enjoyed it plenty. Seriously...good idea. We were in ice cream HEAVEN!!

Back from Blog Vacation

I haven't posted in a month. A month! First, it was because Alien Mommy was in town and I wasn't taking the pictures, Alien Mommy was. Then, it was just cause...well, life happens. Fall TV happens and can take every spare minute you have. Plus, alien life is so much more difficult than I thought and drama has been a constant. But, now I'm back. Back from Blog-Vacation. And - "Its COLD outside"! (Groundhog Day Radio Voice)


Here are the not-so bundled and freezing aliens this morning waiting to walk out to the bus. Adapting to the weather here is very exciting for the aliens who have been used to heat, heat, heat all year round. Its apparently difficult to remember your coat/jacket/scarf all the time and it is impossible to remember where you left them - if you aren't used to carting them around. I walked the entire UT Aquarium with 4 jackets- for fear of them being lost. I can only re-buy jackets so many times when I'm already broke!

Here's an interesting fashion statement. I insisted she wear tights today when Frog showed up at the breakfast table in a skirt - because its COLD. Then, she came back downstairs with this lovely combination. The tennis shoes match - don't you see?? And I love the patterned tights...

It all works so well...here is the full ensemble. Uh-huh, nice Frog, nice

Last Days of Summer

Its cooling off - its getting colder...we may be in the last days of Summer. My freshman year of college, we took a big group picture in front of our dorm on September 22, 1991 - it was a beautiful day- warm and nice. The next day there was a HUGE snow storm - so we went out and took another group picture in the snow. Summer can end when you least expect it. So, after soccer games and shopping and chores - we had a little water party in the backyard. Water guns, hose and water cans entertained everyone for quite awhile.


We attempted to make a "hi" with alien bodies - but the task was difficult with the high powered squirming of little Chick - but, it came out okay.




So, Hi! and now Bye!

Mani and Pedi Night

We went to our appointment at Great-Aunt Susan's Spa for our Mani and Pedi Night. Its good to start instilling the mani and pedi gene in the girls while they are young. Great-Aunt Susan only got her first salon pedicure THIS YEAR - the first one in her entire life! Shocking! I will admit, though she is very good with the brush, so, maybe its understandable, but it did allow her to open her own little shop for the night. However, Bear was offended when told that the polish is not for boys. He whined and whined until he eventually conceded the point and Great-Aunt Susan gave him a fabulous poster making project to work on during our spa treatments - that is what I call a "full-service" spa!




***I try to teach good rules for the mani and pedi-s.



1. Always have someone else apply the polish - and if at all possible - pay someone to massage, polish and do lots of fancy stuff to your hands and feet.



2. Always be sure polish is dry before leaving spa area - if necessary, blow on the polish yourself and recruit help.



3. Always take a picture of just your enhanced limbs when polish is freshly finished - so you can remember what your nails looked like before they were ruined by some sort of happening...




4. Always get manis and pedis in groups - they are much more fun that way.

Great-Aunt Susan's spa sure is a fun place - she really is a "Great Aunt".

Second First Day of School

Second first day of school has arrived. Aliens get very excited for school - they get up way before the alarm goes off and are ready to go a looong time before the bus comes. Little bear was so excited this morning - he was a jumble of nerves and craziness - he fell down the stairs, smacked into the couch, smacked into my head (ouch!) all because excitement seems to make him not fully in control of his limbs. It was definitely an exciting morning...


The over-sized and very cool backpack gang. Brought to you by Great-Aunt-Susan gifts Inc.


We made them hold hands - just long enough to take a picture - though requiring them -to hold hands - brought on a spontaneous run through of Ring-Around-The-Rosie


And off he goes on the bus - now he's just in Kindergarten - and he insisted on riding the bus on his first day. I'm a little worried about him getting OFF the bus..he won't have his sister aliens with him and will he get off too soon? too late? I would really like to pick him up...maybe, I'll sneak over there and follow the bus home. I think its okay to stalk on the first day of school. Its been a crazy first week, back to school night was fun - meeting with the Kindergarten teacher was interesting. This is a lot of fun, but, much, much, much, much, much harder than I thought. Really, does it get any easier? I kind of wish I could be the one with a packed lunch and a driver to and from my daily destinations.