Pockets and Rap… September 25, 2009

not sure what they have in common. And I had a hard time paying attention to the words because it was too funny watchin’ these kids look like tough “gangsta’s”! But the theme this month in Cub Scouts was “Pockets”. And the kids all did a rap and they looked rather cute up there!

So this is our new Cub Scout Pack…well most of them! We came from a rather large group…to a very small group. Corbin is in a den of 2 Webelos…and Seth is in a den of about 5-7 boys, Wolves and Bears combined. But they have jumped right in and are having a lot of fun!

Seth earned a bunch of Belt Loops and a few beads over the summer!

Corbin earned a few Badges and several Belt Loops also! He is less than a month away from turning 11 and has a lot of work to do still to earn his Arrow of Light! He will be getting a lot of badges and Belt Loops along with his Webelos Badge and Arrow of Light at the same time he crosses over and starts 11 year old scouts! Yes, we slacked off… :/

The refreshments after the Pack MEeting were lots of fun! They made hamgburgers! With Mini Nilla Wafer buns…Milk Dud patties…icing ketchup…green coconut lettuce…icing mustard and honey pretzel sticks for fries! They were a big hit!

Today we went on a hike… September 19, 2009

and all my pics sucked…THE END! heh…just kidding. Well…about the end.

Corbin’s 11th Birthday is fast approaching and he still hasn’t finished his Webelos or Arrow of Light. :/ We will get him done he only needs a couple more things. I just wish we didn’t wait til the very last every year to kick it in to gear with him!

So today we went on his 3-mile hike…Chaz, Corbin, Seth, Ethan and I went to Redmond Watershed Preserve. It was a nice hike until we had to turn around and come back! I am so out of shape! The boys had a great time! They found all kind of “nature” as Corbin put it. We saw slugs everywhere! And mushrooms and huge leaves and spiders and fallen trees and moss EVERYWHERE! But the best part of the hike was when the boys found a little reddish-brown lizard! They carried it with us for most of the hike and it just let them hold it! They thought that was great! When we turned around and headed back to the start the boys put the lizard down and proceeded to run like mad men through the forest trails yelling “FORGNOMEGUN!” Anyone care to translate that one for me!? LOL! They were having WOW battles…

So the hike took us about an hour and 45 minutes and it was a lot of fun! Even with bad pics…

Do you speak cursive? September 18, 2009

Apparently I am not as smart as I thought I was! I never even knew there was such a language!
Ashlyn came in to talk to me and I looked down at her shirt and saw it said Angel on it. So I said “You’re an Angel” And she said Oh that’s what it says, well none of my friends could tell what it said! Not even this one girl! And she speaks in cursive!
You learn something new every day!

I totally forgot blog about their first day! September 3, 2009

I guess I got this pic up on facebook and forgot all about the blogging. Oops…

First day of school! Was on Tuesday the 1st…The kids were so excited! I decided to take them and pick them up on their first day so I could get 1st day pics and what not. And to make sure they knew where to go and what bus to ride the next day. Ashlyn thought she was supposed to ride a different bus than she was supposed to so I am glad I went and let her teacher know for sure!

By the time I got to Corbin’s class they were already getting down to business. So I didn’t get any pics of Corbin. And only took one each of Ashlyn and Seth…things are so different here. I didn’t feel welcome to stay and hang out like I did at Franklin…so I left pretty quick.

Get on the bus! September 3, 2009

Our kids have never had a bus to ride to school. In AZ they went to a charter school and they didn’t have buses. So this year they were so excited to get to ride to school on a bus! Now they want to go to their bus stop alone and be all independent! I am not ready for that step yet!

Here is Ashlyn waiting with her friend…looking a little nervous. She’s my little worry wart!

Corbin and Seth walking to the bus with their friend and his little sister.

I think half the school gets on at our bus stop! No kidding! Half of them are already on the bus!

It’s hard to see them but Seth is in the 2nd window…you can’t see Ashlyn but she is in the 3rd window and Corbin is in the 4th.