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 […]
Video games and boys go hand in hand and keeping up with the latest and greatest is not always easy. If I want to get Mason talking about something, I know the soon-to-be released PlayStation VR is the ticket. Two weeks ago we tried to check out the VR in its limited availability trial and […]
Wrangling kids for the first day of school is not easy. How is it the first day already and where did the summer go? We have an 8th grader and a 5th grader this year. Wow! The reaction to returning was mixed. Since Mason was serving daily Mass this week, we did not have the […]
We had the fastest turn around ever after camp yesterday. We brought the boys home and within thirty minutes we had them showered and the car unloaded. We picked up drive thru lunch and headed north to Indianapolis to the state fair. We didn’t want to miss the opportunity to see Mason’s project and it […]
We were caught on film! (Ok, digital film…) I made eye contact with the cameraman but Mason was unaware. He had no idea he grew ears. Now on for inspection… Mason’s unit is Daniel this time. It’s a mixed age group of campers and Mason is hoping to use that to his advantage. He is […]