Cub Scouts Family Camp

We officially survived our first "FAM CAMP" with the cub scouts. Yep! We had no idea what we were getting into, but we decided that it was something that we were all going to do as a family. It was a little bit of an adventure, especially because Amy had been diagnosed with an upper respitory infection only 24hrs before and was still on fever reducer and antibiotics. She did well though and we monitored her temperature to make sure that the fever broke. Charles and Ryan had an absolute blast running around with all of the other kids. Ryan had a solo "adventure" while we were there but thanks to the 80 other folks in our pack was found relatively quickly. His response was "I heard some laughing and had to check it out" Ugh!!! I cringed everytime I looked at the boys as they were usually covered in layers of visible dust/dirt/sand at ALL times. There was absolutely no use in washing them or trying to keep them clean. Making them wash their hands or legs or face just resulted in them getting caked in mud instead of dust/dirt shortly after the washing. Next time I will bring clothes that I'm okay with throwing away afterwards, definitely nothing that is in nice condition. You could tell we were first time Fam campers as we had Charles dressed in his full cub scout uniform the morning of the flag ceremony a full hour before the flag ceremony. I didn't want to cut it close and be rushing to get everything on him. I figured he would just wear that after he took off his pjs in the morning. Well the other parents had their kids in regular clothing all the way up until about 5 minutes before the scheduled flag ceremony, leaving just enough time to walk down to the flagpole. Wow, sure enough Charles managed to get dust on his uniform in the hour before the flag ceremony. Well, we'll know for next time!

Halloween 2010

We had another fun year going trick-or-treating with the kids. Maw-maw joined us as we went around their neighborhood. The houses are closer together and it is less tiring for the kids. The boys are getting better at saying thank you and not complaining when they get the "forbidden" bubble gum as the candy. Charles wanted to be obiwan again well it was an obiwan costume but he wanted to be called Luke, this time with his complete costume (last year we forgot his shirt and had to improvise), Ryan had a cool looking Scooby-Doo costume that fit his personality perfectly, and Amy had a ladybug jacket and some black leggings that worked perfectly for a ladybug costume. She even had cute little rosy cheeks and didn't need any makeup at all. If you can believe it, I only spent $1.00 on all three of the kids' costumes this year. Amy's costume was mostly real clothes and the jacket was given to us by her aunt Leslie who found it at a garage sale. Charles' was reused from the year before and even then I found it second-hand for about $3.00. Ryan is the only one that I sepnt money on and got his for $1.00 at a yard sale earlier in the summertime. Amazing! Not sure I'm going to ever be able to top that again.

Ryan Turned 4

So sorry that this post is old. Ryan turned 4 three months ago, but I'm only just now getting around to posting a few pictures. He had a "Spider Man" birthday with special custom ordered spider cupcakes for his class.

Seth did most of the buying for Ryan's birthday and picked out some toys that were great hits. Ryan has a red hippety hop (he can practice for the relay race on his field day in kindergarten, two years from now). He and Charles have fun hopping on it all the way accross our livingroom floor.

Ryan also got a Spiderman car and an Ironman action figure as well as some really cool games and puzzles and activity books.

Another favorite gift was from PopPop and Grandma K. A story about not being scared narrated/recording by PopPop and Grandma K. for Ryan. He loved that book and played it over and over. Overall I think he had a great time!