July 28, 2013

Not a lot happened this week.  Just the usual family stuff.  Jeremy did get July 24th off for Pioneer Day.  So we took a day trip to Pocatello to visit Don Aslett's Museum of Clean.  I know it sounds a little strange.  It is a cool place filled with all kinds of modern and antique cleaning paraphernalia.  Don Aslett himself was there and gave us a tour.  Tommy was tired so I sat it out to feed him.  Jeremy and the girls were gone for over two hours checking out all three floors of the interactive museum with their famous tour guide.

 Before kids enter the museum, they get vacuumed and practice cleaning a window.  Window cleaning is how Mr. Aslett got his start in business.  Lily liked the vacuum; Annie....not so much.

 Mr. Aslett showing us a super fast vacuum.  The girls got a few turns putting a piece of fabric in the vacuum so we could watch it zip through the tubing.

 Texas sized wet floor sign.

 Lily and Annie lifting "weights" like Uncle Brady.

 Two adorable chimney sweeps.

Mr. Aslett showing us his NASA trash compactor.

We had so much fun here - it took half a day to see and play with everything.  We will go back for sure.  Plus while on the tour, Mr. Aslett gave us one of his best-selling books and a baby toothbrush/teether for Tommy.  We're suckers for free stuff!

 This is what I found in the bathtub one morning.  The night before, one of the girls shoved poor Tinkerbell up the faucet.

 We painted the girls room pink - Lily chose the color - and got their beds assembled last month.  Here is a picture of the final result.  We're hoping Lily will get brave enough for us to put them together as bunk beds to free up some space in their room.

 Lily working hard at gymnastics.  Feet together...toes pointed.....legs straight....

 Lily reading a book to Tommy.  He really likes to look at books.

 Silly littles!

 Lily in the weed patch with her dump truck!

 Annie decorated her foot with stickers and wanted to show Puna.

 Sad Tommy and Daddy after church. Tommy cried for the last two hours of church while I was trying to play the piano for the Primary children.  I tried to soothe him during my breaks but as soon as I would hand him off to someone the tears would start again.  I really hope he doesn't do that again. 

Lily and Mommy making chocolate zucchini cakes.  We made two cakes and 24 cupcakes and we haven't even made a dent in the zucchini supply.

It was great to have a quiet week at home.  Jeremy and I even got to get out for a date night.  We bought the kids a swimming pool to help beat the heat - and wouldn't you know it - the next two days after we bought the pool we had thunder and rain storms.  Hopefully next week we'll get to use it and post some pictures.