what else happened during bishka's visit?

other than a temple visit and cheering david's marathon, we painted a father's day mug for daddy

bishka showed pace how to put his hand print on the mug--and that kept him occupied for the next 30 minutes!

had some treats at the sweet tooth fairy

we went to the byu art museum to see minerva tichert's pioneer series

played in some cool sculptures

had a fancy art museum lunch

and, of course, some more treats!

went to the races with the horses in the reading nook at the byu bookstore

you can tell it's been a busy day and boys are ready for a nap when this little guy makes his mad scrunchy face:

and this little guy gets silly:

pace loves helping out in the kitchen--so he and bishka made a special children's cake!

and we made bread

max practiced his teapot moves

i got to do most of my runs 75 pounds lighter!--there was, of course, one or two days when pace wanted to come with me--depending on the distance and route, we see trucks at a construction site, we cross bridges and rivers, up hill, down hill, under bridges--too much fun to miss for a two year old!

we also went to the community pool one night.  we went one night last summer (our realtor from when we bought our house still sends us customer appreciation invites to all sorts of fun events), and pace loved swimming around in the pool and watching the buckets drop water on kid's heads.  he hasn't stopped talking about it since we were last there!  pace enjoyed himself, all be it somewhat chilly and chattering his teeth most of the 90 minutes we were there.  max, on the other hand....mr. adventurous, throw himself into anything, lunge out of your arms for fun--i thought he'd have a blast going down the kiddie slide in my arms.  bishka and pace went down the slide, and max and i followed; bishka said max had a look of terror on his face, and he screamed bloody murder at the bottom of the slide when we hit the water (this kiddie slide is all of 3 feet off the ground, maybe 4 feet?).  max does NOT like the pool, splashes, or swimming around.  the poor thing even screamed when bishka and pace went down the slide for the second time, and tiny splashes of water hit his feet.  it took a good 30 minutes to get him calmed down.  he eventually stood in the water, but i'm afraid i've scarred him for life!