Pant Head

I know this is really random, but for some reason Jason has had this thing with ALL of our children, that it is now a tradition. When he changes their diapers, he takes their pants, puts it on their heads and makes them 'Pant Head-Kali, Meg, or Owen," and now Nash. He has even made himself 'Pant Head Daddy' while changing their diapers! They LOVE that one! Nash was just too cute to pass this up. He was sticking his tongue out the whole time making us all laugh! He is too cute! We love him!!!

Ididarod

We FINALLY made it to the Ididarod! This is the world famous sled dog race to Nome, AK. We planned on going down town to watch each musher start, but decided it would be less crowded if we watched from the middle of the race. The kids were so excited to see all of the mushers, and thought it was so funny that all the dogs tongues were hang'n out of their mouths! Kali & Meg thought it was so cool to have a musher toss out autographed dog booties {with candy inside} for them to keep! Poor little Owen though. He worked SO HARD, and waved SO LONG to each musher in hopes to get his own 'booty'. He kept yelling in his quiet voice, 'booties, booties, booties' to each musher hoping to get lucky. But the poor kid came home empty handed, and quite frustrated. Next year we'll have to make him a sign that say's "Dump Booties Here"!

Addicted

Our kids are addicted to staying at 'the hotel' now that we've had Kali's birthday party there, and also went for two nights during Christmas break. Meg wanted her birthday to be at 'the hotel' as well {apparently ANY Marriott is 'the hotel'}. So we took some of her friends after school to swim for a couple hours, had cake & presents, and then had the room to ourselves. We of course ordered in pizza, and were glued to the TV watching the Olympics.

One of the things Meg asked for her birthday was cooking lessons. I had NO clue how to make that happen, UNTIL I had a YW pres. mtg. My president used to be a professional caterer, and my kids LOVE her. So I asked her if she would teach Meg how to cook. She was SO excited, and planned three days to teach her three different meals, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. Jason and I completely forgot to tell Meg about this present until the day she was supposed to start. It was absolutely HILARIOUS when Meg found out where I was taking her. She said over and over ... "Mom! I was like FREAKING OUT, like FREAKING OUT. I fell over in the car and was like FREAKING OUT when dad told me where I was going!" She STILL to this day tells me "I can't believe you finally got me what I've always wanted for a birthday present!" {If you can't tell, Meg is uh, just a little dramatic!!}

So here is what she made, ALL from scratch:
Breakfast = Scrambled Eggs, Raspberry Muffins, & the best French Toast EVER
Lunch = Homemade Mac & Cheese, Chicken Salad Sandwiches, & Chocolate Chip Cookies
Dinner = Chicken Strips, Rolls, Potatoes & Cake

Apparently on Megs first day there, she told Bonnie that she wishes she could stay there FOREVER and cook with her ALL THE TIME until she turns 16!! She even told me she is a "CHEF" now . . . what a crack-up!