The Home Theater

My kids have the greatest and most creative dad around. On Friday night he planned a home theater. It was a trial run to see how the kids might do in a real theater. It actually went very well.

The kids with their tickets for the movie and popcorn waiting in line for the theater to open.

At the concession stand filling up the popcorn bowls.

Taking their front row seats.

Spring Break

Bridal Veil Falls

Unfortunately, the weather during Spring Break was less than desirable. John and I made great plans to take the kids to Bridal Veil Falls and have a picnic. When we got there the rain was just a dribble, so we decided we would try it and see how things would go. By the time we got to the falls the rain became a little harder. So we took our snapshot and loaded both kids in the back of the double stroller where there is a cover for their heads. The whole way down Jorie kept poking her head out of the cover and saying, "It's Raining! It's Raining!". And then Cameron said,"It's just not very good weather is it?" So needless to say we ended up having our Picnic in Grandma and Grandpa Hutton's living room.

The Hutchings Museum

The Hutchings Museum is a cute little musuem in Lehi. They have war displays, a pioneer room, the wild west, dinosaurs and rocks and minerals. They have a lot of hands on exhibits for the kids. The kids really enjoyed it.

Looking at the bugs

Trying to "honk" the old car horn

In the Jail

Trying on Pioneer Hats

New Link Costumes

Cameron had been asking for a red tunic for several weeks. In fact one day he came home from school and asked me to make him a red tunic that day. I explained that I didn't have any red fabric to make one, that we would have to buy some. He found a red spool of thread and brought it to me and said, "You could make it out of this Mom!" Mom's can do anything, Right?

Other Easter Actiivities

Easter Clothes

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Hutton's

Easter Morning

Hand Print Easter Lilies

An idea from Family Fun....The flowers are made from the kids hand prints.

Making Paper Mache Eggs

I saw this idea in the Family Fun Magazine and thought that the kids would have fun making them. Again my kids showed their true personalities. Cameron was totally grossed out by having to touch the gooey, sticky paper mache glue. So I had to get him a paint brush so that he could paint the "goo" on so as not to get it on his hands. Half way through he lost interest and I ended up finishing his egg. Jorie on the other hand was loving the mess. She would have done it with her fingers, but had to have a paintbrush when her brother did. That probably helped me with the clean up, so no complaint here. She and Daddy worked so diligently on her egg all the way to the end.

Like Father, like Son!

Waiting for them to dry!

The Finished Product!

Coloring Easter Eggs

We decided to color our Easter Eggs today since tomorrow will be very busy. We have made special arrangements with the Easter Bunny to come to our house on Saturday since John and I both have meetings on Sunday morning. The kids had a lot of fun together coloring their share. It is fun to see their personalities come out in everything they do. I divided up the eggs giving each child half. Cameron didn't waste any time. He chose to color one egg at a time. He had a very streamlined process, in and out.

Jorie on the other hand is a multi-tasker. She had to have an egg in every color at once. And each had to sit in the dye for an extended period of time to achieve maximum color. And no one was allowed to help her. She assigned me an egg that I could color and I was strongly repremanded if I tried to help with a different one. See the video clips below.