Post Fishing Derby

The Fishing Derby ended with a dip in the pool and the kids had a blast. Bella cannot wait till she can swim like her brother in order to get the coveted water slide wrist band!

Fishing Derby and a Really Tight Spot

What can I say - she's a tomboy in a dress.

Only a real man is proud to fish with a pink Barbie pole!

Here is the rod that The Boy won last year for catching his first fish.

Our first trip with the new RV was to the Navy campground for the Scouts camping trip. We came in after dark and the campground was REALLY TINY and our 30 foot RV just squeaked into the spot. We had to drive through the grass and into other sites just to get that sucker into a spot along with lots of help from the fellow campers. The hubby did a great job minus all of us monkeys in the truck fretting away.

Moving to Wolves

What a busy few weeks, hence the absence of posts. On the Scout front the boys had their last den meeting where they were awarded their belt loops for the last part of the year. They were so excited to get all of the shiny new loops.

Next was the Den picnic at the park. These boys could light up a small country on the fuel they can burn when they are running in a big crazy pack. It was a great night to talk about the last year and how it seemed like school had just started. Our little guy will be in second grade next year!

There was lots of general silliness.

They finally climbed on top pf the dragon which has been a big goal of the boys ever since we started coming to the park when he was 2. I am sure they shouldn't be up there, but they worked so hard.I call this thing the arm breaker. It makes me pretty nervous because the Boy runs full speed ahead staring at his feet the whole time. He is also convinced that he is by far the fastest pusher.
Our honorary Scout came along too. She is going to be a great Girl Scout.

The last Scout celebration brought us to graduation from Tiger Cub to Wolf. Again, lots of boy excitement. They had a great year with trips to the nature center, police station, NASA, Capital Visitor Center and many more fun activities. It was great to see them all grow this year despite the madness and noise.

Capital Vistor's Center

It's pretty cool to live right outside of the Nation's Capital and to a a friend who happens to work there. We took the Scouts on a tour and we were treated like Rock Stars which is key when you have a pack of wild boys with you. She swept us through security, had our badges and passes on hand and set us up for a private tour. The private group was probably more of a favor to the adults who actually traveled to the Nation's Capital for the tour and didn't want to have to hear the Guide answer all of the questions about "The dead guy" Aka George Washington who was buried under the floor there at one time.

The boys got to pretend like they were an angry mob with torches.

This was Bella's favorite part - The BIG White Statue.

Door Stop on Wheels

Welcome to the Pinewood Derby - Ladies and Gentleman, see an undergraduate degree in Mass Communication/Broadcasting is absolutely practical. With this degree you can be the announcer at the Pinewood Derby. You did a great job honey!

Our son sat patiently and waited to see his car going racing down the track. Racing at high speeds is not exactly what it did, but more about that later.

Proud Pop He won a ribbon and a trophy, more about that later too. There were many creative and speedy cars at the race all oiled and shaped into all sorts of cool objects like the surfboard below. None were as cool as our "Door stopper on wheels" as I affectionately refer to it.

Well, our "Door stop" may not have been the fastest one for sure, but it was slow enough to win the "Slow Poke" award. Yes, the Den Leader was successful in snatching the largest trophy of the day! At the end of the Derby in the parking lot our son looks at his Dad and stated "Dad we need to talk about that car for next year's race".

"Cakecano"

This past weekend was a totally packed weekend and it started out with the Father-Son Bake-off for the Scouts banquet. What normal woman wouldn't want to turn her kitchen over to these goofy boys to destroy it - I mean bake a cake in it. The directions specified that the only thing Moms could do in this event was to hold the fire extinguisher.

It started out well wouldn't you say?

Not sure how you can bake a cake when your eyes are covered.

Not sure how you can bake a cake when this is your Father.
Now this is where the focus came into play - at least for one of them. We have owned this Kitchen Aid for 10 years and I think they believed that somehow all you have to do was put this out on the counter and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies would magically appear - poof!

The peanut gallery joined in on the decorations.

The cake was awesome and they did a great job even though it was a bit stressful at times!

Aviation Scouts

We took the Scouts to the Aviation Museum for Scout Day and they had lots of fun. They made model airplanes, paper airplanes and launched them from a special paper airplane launcher and did all sorts of cool hands on activities. Bella even had her own little magic show with the stream of air and the ball - look Mom no hands!

Throw Away the Keys....

We took the scouts to the local Sheriff's office and they were all locked up and handcuffed. The boys loved it and it was right up their alley. They asked the poor officer every questions about guns and bad guys and guns and helicopters and more guns.

Snakes and Frogs.....Oh My!

We are Den Leaders for G's Cub Scout troop. I am learning all sorts of weird guy rituals and I even touched a really big snake. Now that's called taking one for the team. I didn't want to nor did I like it, but I don't want my kids to be scared of things just because I am, but really they should be (:While the Scouts were running around like crazy boys, Bella posed in front of the world's largest cow.