Early Christmas present

Today we got to go see the B-1 flight simulator! Megan watched Dory so I could take the boys. Of course they wore their flightsuits- they were SO excited.

The sim is a huge box on legs- so it can move! Pretty cool. I could not stand far enough back to get a very good picture, but here is what I got:

Here is a stock photo of the 'cockpit'- much better than any photo I could get.

Clayton and Brian LOVED every minute of it. They got to 'fly' the plane and drop bombs! With the screens outside the windows and the movement, it feels very real.

Brian was quite the navigator- he loved wearing the headphones and talking to Daddy on the mic. He kept yelling "Abort! Abort!", which is from the movie "The Incredibles". Clayton pushed as many buttons as possible, of course. Below is Clayton in the navigator's seat, and Brian is in front in the pilot's seat.
Here are the boys as we left. Brian held Clayton's hand walking up the steps; it was cute.
What a fun day!

Wednesday Weigh-in

Bad week. Gained 1 lb. Sigh. And this week doesn't look promising. But I will not give up! See you next week- same Bat time, same Bat channel.

Total lost so far: 51 lbs.

Have the planets all aligned? Has heck frozen over?

Did we actually get a good picture of all three of our children . . . together??

We took a few pictures before heading out to the ward Christmas party. Here are some of the outtakes. Brian had a hard time sitting still.

Let me describe the 'dialogue' of the picture above.

Brian: <blood-curdling SCREAM>
Clayton: Do you know why he's screaming?

Dory: No, do you?

And . . . we're done. Merry Christmas!

Goofy kids

Here are the boys' school pictures. Not the cutest ever, but oh well. There's always next year.

Brian is apparently hungover.

Clayton is apparently constipated?

And here is Dory in the new snow hat and mittens I got for her. I love it.

Wednesday Weigh-in

I lost 0.4 lb! Hanging in there. I had considered calling a 'time-out' on my weigh-ins through December, but I'm pretty sure that would not have been a good idea. So I'll keep weighing in.

Total lost so far: 52 lbs, which is the weight of this giant poodle. Can you imagine carrying him around all day? Crazy.

Preschool Party Animals

Clayton and Brian had their class parties today at preschool. They have the same teachers and same classroom, but Clayton's class is in the morning and Brian's is in the afternoon. I got to go help with Clayton's party and Andrew got to help with Brian's.

Here are my handsome boys this morning before school:
The boys each made a 'cookie mix', with the dry ingredients for chocolate chip cookies. Here is Clayton with Miss Teresa:
Clayton and his friend Mike eating the cookies they decorated. Clayton, you look so adorable.
Here is Brian with the Santa he made. Daddy takes much better pictures than Mommy.
And here is Brian with the 'real' Santa! He did pretty good. None of our kids have ever sat on Santa's lap before, so this was fairly exciting. I think in this picture he's trying to convince Santa to overlook some of this year's misdeeds.
Here are some of the crafts they've made at school in the last couple weeks. Fun times!

Santa Baby . . .

Look who's ready for her first Christmas!
Her shirt says 'Elf in Training'. Thanks Mor Mor!