Walker loves our Vietnamese Restaurant. A friend of his treated him to dinner here and he has been talking it up. With Mason’s current enthusiasm for trying new things, he suggested now is a good time to introduce Mason to it. First up were the spring rolls. They wrap shrimp, rice vermicelli and fresh herbs […]
See that pile? I delivered my Lenten pillowcases to our local Ronald McDonald House. While they were unfamiliar with the One Million Pillowcase Challenge, they happily received my donation. They asked to document the donation with a picture of me to post on their Facebook page but I shied away from that. Instead, I consented […]
It was a beautiful day for a family picnic with the scouts. It was our Summer Court of Honor. The Webelos families were invited to participate with the opening ceremony they did at their pack meeting. They actually outnumbered the boy scouts present. There were a few merit badges to be presented to scouts. Once […]
Though I have been blogging now for nine years (gasp) and have put up 1,496 posts, Mason has just recently discovered this spot of ours on the internet. This afternoon I found him sitting at the computer reading entries from years ago. He has always been my child who has loved being told personal family […]
Tonight was our first pack meeting for 2016-2017. It’s an exciting time for us as this is our last year as cub scouts. Mason will be crossing over from the Webelos to the Boy Scouts in February. Bill, the new Webelos den leader, planned a very special and solemn opening ceremony. It began with Lee […]
While I will win no awards for my foodie pictures on this post, I did hit the jackpot with tonight’s entrée: Chicken Cordon Bleu. There was a bit of debate about why the dish is named as such but after a bit of sleuthing, we learned that cordon bleu means blue ribbon. So chicken cordon […]
Very methodically Walker laid out the chair pieces along with the necessary tools and the plans. He and Bill were ready to build. There are roughly 25-30 steps involved and this first chair took about 2 1/2 hours to make. We are anticipating that the process will speed up as their experience grows. Ta da! […]
Today was Walker’s first work day with help from other scouts. The eagle project requires that the scout demonstrates leadership and organization skills. Therefore, today Walker was more of a foreman than a worker. After one or two gentle reminders from Bill, I began asking Walker how he wanted things done rather than asking Bill. […]
Every now and then I get a reminder that I am not in charge of the universe. I woke up early, planning to run with a friend but she had to cancel. I debated about giving up or maybe shifting my workout to the Nordic Trac but I decided to wait it out. Finally, the […]
As the school year approached, I was looking for a few ideas to streamline dinner. I asked the boys for input and was really surprised when Mason suggested Try It Tuesday. I am so excited! Everyone will get a chance to make a suggestion. Sometimes we will eat at home and sometimes we will dine […]