Sunday when we got back from stake conference Aunt Erin was awake and ready to play.  She had sent two big boxes of surprises for the kids and now they were ready to see them opened!!  Erin opened the first one and took out some Hex Bugs!  They are little mechanical bugs that skitter across the floor on six legs!  The last time the kids saw Hex Bugs they were about a year younger and they were terrified of them.  This time they thought they were pretty cool and played with them all afternoon and into the evening.  You can tell how happy Alice is to see her Aunt Erin!  .

After the Hex Bugs were getting tired and wearing down Aunt Erin brought out some Fizzy Soda Candy.  Each child got two little containers of candy that fizzed in their mouths as they ate it.  Alice's was called Sprint and Robert's was Loca Cola and James' was Orange Crash.  The grape flavor was called Swish.  They fizzed because there was bicarbonate of soda in it and it didn't taste very good but it was fun.