chemistry magic show

the library had a chemistry magic show monday night, so we decided to check it out for family night. i think the visiting chemists were professors from byu, showing off their fun tricks.

pace and mama saying "science rules!"  (thanks, bill nye)

getting everything ready and set up

we initially sat in the front on the floor, and then we ended up in the back.  max was way more interested in climbing on the chairs than watching the chemistry coolness.

i don't remember what substances were in the flasks, but this trick was called the barking dog trick.  i know it was alcohol mixed with something, and when he lit it, the fire went down and as it hit the other something, it really sounded like a dog barking.  

i think this one was lighting a pickle, which pace thought was pretty cool.

the next trick was called elephant toothpaste--he made a bunch of foam that jumped up the flask pretty fast.  pace was enthralled...

meanwhile...max was climbing up on the chair, then jumping off, holding on to my hand.  when that wasn't fun anymore he decided to spin around in circles and make himself dizzy, which elicited lots and lots of giggles.  then he had a flash of brilliance and decided to combine the two activities--spin around and get dizzy, then climb up on the chair, then jump off, then spin around again.  crazy kid.    

i was hungry for chocolate

david thinks it's absurd that we buy treats and i immediately forget about them.  out of sight, out of mind.  remember our trip to the chocolate exhibit, and godiva store?  all that chocolate ended up on david's dresser, which i forgot about.  

pace apparently didn't.  it was quiet monday morning after i finished doing the breakfast dishes.  and all moms know...if it's quiet, it's worth investigating!  i found pace upstairs, chocolate smeared.  "i was hungry for chocolate!"  pace grinned.  this little problem solver had pulled a box of diapers from his closet into our room, opened the godiva boxes, pulled out probably his weight in truffles, and had a treat...little stinker!

that works for mr. independence most of the time.  another morning i came down to pace yelling for me to help him, that he was stuck and couldn't get down.  i followed his voice to find him INSIDE the fridge--he wanted a carrot, but couldn't figure out how to get down once he had gotten in...

as i'm writing this, i am hearing noises in the kitchen...i just yelled, "pace, what's going on?"  he replied, "mom, leave me alone!"  ha ha.  i think there are definitely some treats involved there...

you should see the other guy...

we decided to eat dinner outside after church on sunday because it was such a warm and nice afternoon.  pace decided to play on the jogger stroller, on the lower seat, of course--as it was unbalanced, pace face-planted it on the concrete porch.  he immediately started crying, holding his nose, and we watched it pretty much double in size and change colors before our eyes.  poor little guy!  after some motrin and holding some frozen peas on his nose, he calmed down a bit.  i was pretty sure he had broken it, and called our after-hours service to see if there was anything to even do about a broken nose.  the nurse said he'd only need to be seen if the nose seems displaced, which i thought it did, on his right side.  so i called the office monday morning, and they referred us straight the the ent, who then said they wait 5-7 days for swelling to go down before examining a possible break.  so...

monday:  

tuesday:

wednesday (being silly):

thursday (more silliness):

friday, the morning of our appointment (he looks serious because he was telling me once again about the digestive system, which is a very serious topic, you know, with the stomach "assick" and all...):

the ent was very nice and the exam went very fast.  he deduced pace's nose was broken, as it felt like it moved when he reset it.  he also said pace's septum was deviated (whether a congenital thing or from the accident, we don't know), but they don't do surgery until at least 18 because there's a growth plate they don't mess with.  pace did not like having his nose set, but he decided it was worth getting a lollipop from the dr., and donuts from mama.

chocolate festival

we hit up the chocolate festival in salt lake last saturday!  david brought along his new go-pro, and took some pretty cool photos--it has a wide-angle lens, which makes things look...interesting...

get ready for the...chocolate festival!

m.c. escher-ish

some bugs, too...

oh, and some dinosaurs.  the chocolate exhibit actually ended up being sort of on the small side, so good thing there were also dinosaurs around the corner!  pace has boundless energy--if he isn't sleeping, he is running around (literally).  

scary dinosaur look

then the roof terrace, looking over salt lake valley.

and then on to city creek mall for lunch and wearing out the boys.  there really weren't as many chocolate samples or hands-on activities at the festival as we were expecting, so we hit up the godiva store to get our chocolate fix.

success!  too bad the 45 minute drive home was their only nap...as soon as we pulled into the driveway, the boys' eyes pinged open and pace immediately asked to go dig in the dirt.