Going Through Life One Blog Post at a Time
This year, Laura’s Girl Scout troop selected the University of Missouri Women’s and Children’s Hospital to receive the cookies from their Cookie Share Program. The troop delivered the cookies today and the hospital posted on Facebook! While Laura did not get to help deliver the cookies to the hospital, she sold some of the donated cookies. Thanks to everyone who bought cookies from Laura for the cookie share. I am so proud of her and this great Junior Girl Scout troop for all their hard work!
To celebrate National Beer Day, we tried lots of different kinds of beers with Jeremy. The Blueberry Maple Stout from Saugatuck Brewing Company was absolutely amazing and my favorite! Now, to figure out how to get more since we got this beer on our Spring Break trip to Illinois. I see a road trip in our near future…
John had his first practice of the spring baseball season tonight. There are twelve members of his new team. He had a great time at practice and is looking forward to their next practice on Sunday!
This is just the parts quote to replace one of the exhaust manifolds on the truck. Total cost including labor will be anywhere from $700-$850 on Thursday, depending on how many bolts break when they remove the old exhaust manifold. Fun. I don’t feel like being an adult today…
That time of year has arrived…
John and his Cub Scout Den completed another requirement towards earning the Wolf rank – a campfire program. The boys performed two skits. In one of the skits, John was a king demanding to know where his “very important papers” were. In case you were wondering, his very important papers turned out to be a roll of toilet paper.
A couple of other boys told some jokes in between setting up for both skits and then the boys sang “Baby Bumble Bee” to end the program. Great job Den 8!
We had a fun day at the St. Louis Zoo. We visited the Children’s Zoo first and then went to the new polar bear exhibit. This was definitely a highlight for all of us, but the kids especially as the polar bear was literally swimming right next to them.
We also went for a ride on the train, which is always fun!
Then, we spent the day just wandering through the different exhibits. Unfortunately, the kids were “attacked” by this snake! John allowed the snake to bite him so that Laura could steal one of the snake’s eggs.
Not to worry, both kids were okay after the “attack.” We spent a while wandering through the Sea Lion tunnel and just watching them from above. The kids decided to see how hard it is to balance a ball on their noses. Laura went first…
She decided it was definitely not as easy as a Sea Lion makes it look. Then, John stepped up for a turn…
He also declared it difficult. Both kids decided that maybe they weren’t cut out to be Sea Lions. We ended the day wandering through the bird and reptile houses on Historic Hill. We had a really great time at the zoo. I am looking forward to seeing the Stingrays next time we go back!