Among the commendations that took place today at the last assembly were the presentation of the 4th quarter BUG Awards. BUG stands for Bringing Up Grades. These are the 3rd quarter Bug Award Winners which I inadvertently missed posting earlier this year. Along with these other boys, Walker received a certificate of participation for the […]
This weekend was our last Cub Scout campout of the 2015-2016 school year. If these campgrounds look familiar, it’s because we camped on the field behind St. John School and Church. While Walker and I were racing yesterday, Bill was setting up the campgrounds. All scout campouts are made better with a campfire so build […]
Besides the Evansville Half Marathon, there has only been one race that I have really, really, really wanted to run since I started lacing up my shoes. It’s a race run over the bridges from Henderson, Kentucky to downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was a very popular race but before we moved here, they stopped holding […]
Our very own Red {source} The Hoosier Wax Museum is the culminating social studies project in the fourth grade. Each student is assigned a famous Hoosier to represent in costume. When Mason told us he was assigned to be Red Skelton, I was happy. The two have similar, spunky personalities. He also had to create […]
It’s time to celebrate Bill’s birthday, now that he is back and showered after a relaxing weekend spent with the guys. While he was away, Mason baked one of Bill’s favorite desserts, pineapple upside down cake. After cake, it was time for pi. Raspberry Pi, that is. This is a credit card-sized computer that plugs […]
Walker and Bill went off this weekend to Fall Creek Falls for the monthly camping weekend. According to the website, Fall Creek Falls State Park is Tennessee’s largest and most visited state park. It is 26,000 acres across the eastern top of the rugged Cumberland Plateau and features cascades, gorges, waterfalls, streams and lush stands […]
It’s time for a rite of passage post. Today is Bill’s birthday and he is away at a campout with Walker. I wanted to surprise him with a freshly mowed lawn and fully intended to do it myself. Much to MY surprise, Mason declared he would do it. Do it he did. I’m so proud […]
One of my friends has just taking on quilting and is celebrating a birthday. What fun it was for me to pull through some scraps and make her a sweet gift. She is now the owner of a new pincushion and a needle book. To make the pincushion, I did a pair of improv blocks, […]
What’s better than one proud face? Two, of course! As part of the enriched program, Walker had to learn a number of poems and recite them by heart. Level one includes twenty poems and the testing process is cumulative. At the end, he had quite the list to go through. Level One Poems “Ooey Gooey” […]
Sh! Don’t tell Bill that today the boys and I had a top secret field trip out to Lynnville, Indiana. What’s in Lynnville, you ask? Bogan’s Bonsai. As soon as we pulled up in front of the house, I knew we were in the right place. Bill has been a long time fan of bonsai […]