Grandma and Grandpa Come to Town

My mom and dad came to visit us this last week, and although the weather was rather depressing the WHOLE TIME they were here, we still had ourselves a good time.  We spent the first weekend relaxing and watching conference together, and of course eating yummy food which is a MUST over conference weekend.  We took them to Pamela's and Uncle Sam's... which is also a MUST.  I'm really going to miss those places when we move.

My parents were so kind to watch Trey for two of the mornings so I could get some work done at the dental school by my very own Dr. Jeff.  He did an awesome job, and I'm not just saying that because he's my husband.  My teeth look great and the best part is it was pain free!  I'm so proud of him for all the hard work he's put into becoming a dentist.  It has definitely paid off.

Because the weather was so crappy we spent a lot of time indoors playing games, watching movies, and relaxing.  Not to mention our free entertainment.  [Trey]

Despite the freezing temperatures and non-stop rain, we managed to take a quick little trip to Niagra Falls and Palmyra.  Niagra was a little too cold for my liking, especially with a baby, but at least my dad got to see the falls and that's all that matters.  Right Dad?  :)  It actually started to snow while we were there and the wind was blowing so hard, so even though it was like 30 degrees, it felt more like 15.  I probably would have enjoyed myself a little more had I of not been so worried about Trey the whole time.  The wind kept blowing off his blankets and he kept pulling off his gloves.  It must not have been too terrible for him because somehow, despite the cold, he fell asleep.  Snow. Wind. Rain. and all.  Crazy kid.

The temperature warmed up a bit while we were in Palmyra and the rain subsided for a good chunk of the day so we were able to enjoy ourselves a little more.  Actually, a lot more.  We really had a great time in Palmyra.  Visiting the Sacred Grove and the place where Joseph Smith grew up could never get old.  

I'm so glad my parents decided last minute to come spend the week with us.  Trey loved every minute of having them here.  And although we were hoping for warm weather and sunny skies (I suppose that's a lot to ask in Pittsburgh), it gave us a good excuse to stay indoors and relax.  Maybe if you come back this summer (cough, cough) we can view Pittsburgh in all it's glory.  :)

 

Thanks for coming Mom and Dad!  Please come back soon!

The Wind-Up

Untitled from Kimi Wegener on Vimeo.



Untitled from Kimi Wegener on Vimeo.

We're not sure where he learned this but it sure is cute.  Watch out MLB!!

April Fools 2011

I know some of you are waiting for this post.  Believe me when I say, I've been waiting a whole year for another opportunity to pull pranks on Kimi on the one day that pranks are....well.....accepted. 

I successfully completed 2 out of 3 pranks....and I'll take that success rate.  Before I describe these pranks in painful detail, there are a few things that you may or may not know about Kimi that you must understand to appreciate these.  First, she is ridiculously afraid of spiders....not the normal spiders are "icky and gross" kind of afraid....I'm talking....screaming, standing on a chair, freaking out, and not moving till I come kill the spider, kind of afraid.  Oh and heaven forbid if the spider somehow escapes out of view....that side of the house becomes uninhabitable for days.  Watching her picking up a towel in our laundry "basement" is like watching someone disarming a mine...she's afraid that a spider is going to scurry off when she lifts it up.   As funny and as cute as all this seems, either she has me fooled, or she really is deathly afraid and I usually have to do things that she will refuse to do.  For example....if we need anything from the basement such as our luggage, coolers, any box, I have to go and inspect it and bring it up to her and present it as "clean".   Well today was my day to get her back. 

The other thing you need to know about Kimi is that she MUST apply lotion to her entire body IMMEDIATELY after she exits the shower or her skin will apparently flake off.  I don't actually know why she does it and she doesn't really know why she does it but all she knows is that it MUST take place.  Well, she wishes she didn't have that OCD tendency now.

Prank #1:  Success.  Early this morning I looked for something I could make to resemble a spider.  I cut part of a banana peel into the shape of a spider.  I broke up toothpicks to create nice looking spider legs and attached them to the banana peel.  I used a sharpie to color it all black.  I was actually pleasantly surprised that it looked something like a spider.  I placed it next to the drain of our shower.  Kimi, I'm sure groggily pulled back the shower curtain and FREAKED OUT.  I wasn't there but I'm sure Trey is traumatized from the screams.  It took her a long time to look again.  Once she was sure it was an April Fools joke she showered....leaving the fake spider in the drain and refusing to look down at it again.

(It doesn't really look too much like a spider after it had sat through a shower)

Prank #2:  Success.  Early this morning I took her massive bottle of lotion and emptied it.  (I washed it completely out to make sure there was no lotion left).    I cut the corner of a Ziploc bag that I had filled with Mayonnaise.  I squeezed the mayo into her lotion bottle and returned it to her normal location.

Kimi applied two......that is right, two full squeezes of mayo to her arms and body before she realized something was wrong.   Kimi said she "wondered why it was lathering so weirdly".  She also said she will never be able to handle the smell of Mayo again.  Kimi opened up a new bottle of face lotion and deodorant claiming her current ones "smelled funny".  I did not mess with either of them.  She also claims mayo is almost as difficult to get off as vaseline.

Prank #3:  Failure:  I tried to tape some plastic to our kitchen faucet with an opening towards the operator so when the water was turned on it sprayed out.  Apparently it didn't work so well. 

Kimi may or may not have send some very angry text messages to me this morning containing some choice words.  Personally I feel like it has been a great April Fools Day.  I have had a good run the past few years and you can read about them here, here, and here.  I don't know how I'm going to keep this up.  Until next year....  -Jeff