Susie's Leaning Tower of Chocolate for 2011 September 26

I spent a couple hours on Sunday afternoon doing a dry run (messy run) of packing our stuff to go home. If we get two big boxes to use as checked baggage, I think we can take it all with us. Most of the clothes we brought are staying here. Our kids have basically nothing that fits and is appropriate for November weather in Utah. We are looking forward to some fun shopping trips when we get home.

I also did some scrapbooking. I've finished all the pictures of our trips that I've printed (haven't printed Kerala yet) and I just have a few more pages of Bangalore pics left. It is entirely possible that I will go home with up-to-date, completed scrapbook pages. And now that I said that, I think I've challenged myself.

7 days until Dubai! Maggie and John have been making a new countdown sign each morning to hang on the door. I hope our kids don't get wanderlust when we move home and they realize we don't normally travel every three weeks. Especially since John will be doing a lot of travelling after we get home.

Maggie was naming off the types of dinosaurs that came from some (imaginary) eggs, and I thought I'd write down all the dinosaurs she can identify. She had fun making the list with me.

1. dimetrodon (not a dinosaur)
2. stegosaurus
3. triceratops
4. ornithomimus
5. tyrannosaurus rex
6. allosaurus
7. corithosaurus
8. dilophosaurus
9. spinosaurus
10. plesiosaur (generic water reptile, not a dinosaur)
11. plateosaurus
12. iguanadon
13. apatosaurus
14. brachiosaurus
15. giganotosaurus
16. velociraptor
17. styracosaurus
18. kentrosaurus
19. pterodactyl (pterosaur, not a dinosaur)
20. pteranodon (pterosaur, not a dinosaur)
21. quetzlecoatlus (pterosaur, not a dinosaur)
22. argentinosaurus
23. ankylosaurus
24. confucisornis
25. parasaurolophus
26. pachycephelasaurus
27. troodon
28. gallimumus
29. oviraptor

Not bad!