It is school field trip week for the kids. Laura goes to Onondaga Cave on Tuesday and John goes to the St. Louis Zoo on Thursday. The reminder letters came home from school on Friday and we planned lunches and snacks so that I know what to make. 🙂
Cub Scout Campout
Today, we packed up the truck and drove to Hannibal, MO, to Mark Twain Cave and Campground for the Spring Cub Scout Campout.
The kids played with their friends and we all just enjoyed being outdoors.
This weekend proved that Missouri weather in May is fickle. It was chilly – even getting down into the thirties overnight. Laura was happy to have her Girl Scouts beanie hat to keep her head warm.
We had the traditional campout dinner of pork steaks, chicken, and potatoes. Always yummy cooked over a campfire!
We ended the evening around the campfire with s’mores and chatting. What a fun day!
Girl Scouts and Baseball
Laura went to a Girl Scout meeting and came home with lots of new patches from Court of Awards…
…while John played baseball in the rain!
Upgrade
Andy decided to upgrade his computer and he is hard at work putting it all together. I suspect that I will see very little of him this evening…
Pictures!
This is Laura’s gymnastics photo collage. My beautiful gymnast who is improving with every class!
IGE in Action Night!
Tonight was IGE in Action night at Ridgeway Elementary School. We got to visit the kids’ classrooms and see various projects that they have been working on. We stopped in John’s room first and he showed us his project on Tiger Sharks. He made a book and a t-shirt.
Next, we visited Laura’s classroom. She chose to do a project on Ulysses S. Grant. I was very proud of her because she did all the research herself and only needed a little help with getting the pages to stick to the project board.
It was great to see all the finished projects! A nice evening that was a neat showcase for individually guided education!
The Dreaded Bowl
Ugh. Laura woke up this morning and said her stomach was bothering her, but I thought it was just because she was so tired from Six Flags. Turns out that wasn’t it. I had to pick her up at the end of the day because she was afraid that she wouldn’t make it home on the bus without getting sick. She spent most of the evening vomiting and pretty much miserable. Cross your fingers that she rebounds tomorrow…
