Nic visit

Kara had earned lots of points doing chores last week, and decided to use them for a "spa day". She was so excited for it. Kiersten thought that was so lame, but when it was time for Kara's pampering, Kiersten was pretty obviously jealous. She got a feet and hands massage first. 

Then she got a facial mask, and some time to relax.

then she got a manicure and pedicure. Lucky girl :)

The kids have been begging for this "pop chef" thing they kept seeing commercials for. but we refused to buy it off tv and pay shipping. We finally saw it in the store, and got it for them. as soon as they had each gotten enough chores done, they used their points to play with the pop chef and make an edible fruit display. They had lots of fun, and Ben even seemed to like doing it with them. 

My brother Nic came for a visit last week. I forgot to take the camera to the zoo, but we had lots of fun there. On another day we went to the St Louis science center. It was a fun day. 

All the kids seemed to have the most fun at the dinosaur exhibit. 

Kiersten could get the most electricity built up by far. Not sure what it was that she was doing any differently. 

Kara loves to build things... and pose...

you can kind of see Evie's name spelled out in legos. 

I really liked this sound room. Everything you do/touch creates sound. There is an ultrasound machine that is supposed to be able to tell your height. I think it might be a little off, since it said Evie is 1ft 1in, and that I am 9ft 6in. Nic thought that was pretty funny that it said I was so tall. 

Of course we took uncle Nic over to the pool. the weather was not great most of the time he was here, but we did have one nice afternoon. The water was really cold, though from being stormy for the previous few days. 

Evie really wanted an under water picture. But she only stays down for half a second, so this is the best one I ended up with. 

summer is going by soooo fast! I can't believe they start school next week!