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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Hinckley House


We had a house full of Hinckleys over President's Day weekend and it was wonderful! The Hinckley clan consisted of my parents (Papa and Nana), my brother Dave and his wife Erin, and my sister Jen. My sweet mom flew in on Tuesday to help me survive the week and can I just say that an extra set of mother's hands is heaven.
Dave, Erin and Jen drove in from Provo late Friday night and my Dad flew in from Seattle on Saturday night. It rained the majority of the weekend (and of course stopped the moment everyone left), but we had fun none-the-less. Here are some highlights:

GAMES...


VALENTINES DAY (lunch at Harry's Pacific Grill, St. Valentine ding dong ditch)...


LOTS OF SNUGGLES...


BOWLING...


DANCING...


SAD GOODBYES...

What a wonderful weekend and oh, how we miss having a house full of Hinckleys!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Mane Massacre


There is always a great debate in my head that goes something like this:
"Do I vacuum the upstairs and let my baby scream his head off, or do I hold my little one while walking across a potato chip, lint thriving floor?"
Hindsight is 20/20, but this past Sunday I should have asked myself this question...
"Do I stay here and finish the dishes, or should I wonder why my 3 year old is silent in the next room with a pair of scissors?"
Unfortunately, I didn't catch the scenario until my sweet little golden-haired girl quickly put the mommy-scissors back in the drawer and stood in front of it, guarding it with incredible guilt in her eyes. It wasn't her eyes, however that caught my focus... it was her unevenly massacred hair. Claire had some yogurt with her dinner, got some in her hair and decided the most efficient way to get it out was to simply chop it out of her hair.

Where did I go wrong? Don't we take enough baths to know that washing your hair is the best remedy for sticky-yogurt hair? I am taking her in tomorrow to get her hair fixed and she is scared that she will look like a boy... she might. Goodbye beautiful goldie-locks... please come back soon (and steer clear of any yogurt)!!!

Here is Claire's new hairdo, chopped short with layers on "the side" and she is thrilled that she didn't come out looking like a boy.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Talent Time

This past Friday was our ward's 2nd annual primary talent show. If you were not fortunate enough to see Dallin break dancing in last year's talent show, sneak-a-peek in our blog archives under February 2008 (Napoleon Dallinite).

To keep with tradition, Dallin and Claire danced... interpretive danced, that is. Dallin and I choreographed this number together and Claire learned it through osmosis (osmosis releases energy and can be made to do work... that's Claire). We hope you enjoy watching them (as well as a few other kids from our ward that apparently wanted in on the act). This one's for you Aunt Jen, my original interpretive dance partner...

(push pause on our playlist at the bottom of our blog to hear the video music)


Dallin also performed in the talent show with two of his buddies, Ethan and Blake Lowe. We spent the past couple of days teaching them the choreography (after quite a bit of "Thriller" research). Here is a cute little boy tribute to Michael Jackson...



See ya next year!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Radical Robot

This is a "Claire creation" made while I was blogging. She pulled down our binder of kid DVD's and started removing them and organizing them into this creative shape. All of a sudden I hear:

"Mom, look what I made... it's a robot!"

Super-cool robot, Claire...
now go put all of those scratched DVD's away. :)