It’s not an official competition but in our house it’s important to arrive at camp early. This means we usually try to leave for the Sunday camp drop off by 7 am. This week we left a little earlier because someone who shall remain nameless but who writes this blog wanted to add a Starbucks […]
Today Mason had a private lesson with a batting coach. He repeatedly said Mason was a strong kid and a fast learner. These are the tips he shared with Mason: How to use the lower body .:Swing with lower body. .:Squash the bug. (pretend there is a bug under the back foot and swivel.) .:Line […]
Hold onto your hats and glasses. We have some roller coasters to ride! Cedar Point boasts a bunch of thrilling steel coasters and that was what were were there for. Some of them were pretty intense which is what the look on Walker’s face is all about. We arrived before the park officially opened but […]
Visiting Niagara Falls has been on our bucket list and experiencing it as a family was fantastic. When we arrived at the falls and got our first glimpse of them, Bill gasped. It was as impressive a sight as he hoped it would be. We started on the Canadian side and got a full view […]
We dropped my folks off at the airport and loaded the boys in the car for a weekend away. When we gave them their packing lists, we did not tell them where we were going. We headed northeast on roads that were familiar to the boys. Somewhere between Bloomington and Indianapolis, Walker started to figure […]
Tonight was the night! Walker went before the Eagle Scout Review Board to present his project for approval. He was armed with his completed binder and prepared to answer questions. He had a practice review board with leaders from our troop which helped him gather his thoughts and prepare answers to questions that the board […]
It is the tradition of the Cub Scouts to hold the December pack meeting at a nursing home with the primary intention of singing Christmas carols to the residents. For the last few years, we have been singing at a retirement home with a spacious activity room. Quite a few residents rolled in to join […]
In preparation for St. Nick’s arrival, the boys put their shoes in front of the fireplace last night. The funny thing is that I forgot that St. Nick’s day was today and I kept harping on the kids to put their shoes away. Silly me! At any rate, this morning Walker and Mason discovered that […]
This is what you get when you combine baseball, good friends and knitting. My pal Melissa is the first person I met when I moved to Indiana. She was knitting in the “wild” at a mom and pop version of Chuck E. Cheese while her daughter was playing. We lost track of each other over […]
This morning was Breakfast with Santa, the annual gathering hosted by the PTSA and catered by the Boy Scout troop. This year Bill invited the Webelos to come along and do some of the cooking. I went along as well to watch how things were done. Behind the scenes, a full breakfast was being prepared. […]