Going Through Life One Blog Post at a Time
We have two, hanging flower baskets on our front porch. A sparrow built a nest in one of the baskets and a wren built a nest in the other. The sparrow eggs have hatched and there are three babies. The wren laid five eggs, but they have not hatched yet. Our hanging baskets must be great places to raise baby birds, though I feel bad for the mama birds. Every time we open the front door, we scare them off.
Scenes from Andy’s and John’s adventures at Cub Scout Camp!
John’s Pack
Climbing
Holding a snake (GROSS)
Slingshots
Speed boat fun
Swimming
Recognition of the Thunder Scouts
Andy sent me pictures of John playing Gaga Ball at camp. Gaga Ball is a version of dodgeball and John is just good at it.
I am pretty sure that he won a round or two or ten.
Laura had her birthday sleepover party with just us girls tonight. Five girls came to celebrate with her.
It was an evening of pizza, cupcakes, presents, swimming, and fun!
Special thanks to Uncle Jeremy for coming over and “pretending” to be Andy so that I could take the girls to the pool and special thanks to Lauren for helping me survive the night!
Last, but certainly not least, Happy Birthday Andy! We hope you are having fun with John at camp and we love you!
I dropped Andy and John off at Lake Ozark Scout Reservation for four days of Cub Scout camp. John is very excited to work on Thundermen and to have some time at camp. They loved it last year and I am looking forward to hearing about their adventures this year when I pick them up on Wednesday night. Have fun boys!
Put anything on the floor and they will lay in it or on it. This time, it is our soft side cooler. First, it was Topanga.
Then, it was Josefina. Cats!
Andy picked Laura up from Finbrooke Girl Scout camp today. She said there was more downtime this year than last year, but she still had lots of fun. Laura was definitely happy to have her phone back and also to get to sleep in her own bed. I am super happy to have Laura home! I missed her!
Laura’s return from camp led to this little gem from John. This morning, I told John that he would not get to see Laura after she got back from camp because he is going to a sleepover at a friend’s house. He said, “I don’t care, Mom. She’s kind of annoying.” I told him that was not nice and shook my head. This evening, on the way to his sleepover, we called Andy and Laura, so that John could say good night to his Daddy (and his sister). After we hung up the phone, John said, “I lied this morning, Mom. I really do kind of miss Laura. She’s a cool sister. Just please, please don’t tell her.” I was not sure if my heart should be happy that he thinks she is cool or laugh out loud at the “please, please don’t tell her.” So, I did both!