YOU GO BABY!!!
I am so proud of him!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Busy Bees!
We have been so very busy the last few weeks and there are no signs of slowing down!
1) Soccer....Neil and Andrew are all signed up for soccer. Neil goes to coach camp tommorrow. First practice is next Tuesday and the first game is March 7th at 10:30am. In the middle of Pack Camp. FUN!
2) Scouts....Andrew and Lukas have both completed their rank for the year. They will be recieving their badges at the Blue and Gold Banquet that is part of PackCamp next weekend. They also just finished up their collecting belt loops. This was the final project:
These are the tops of the egg cartons that are housing their collections
3) Doctors appointments: We have lots of these coming up.
1) Soccer....Neil and Andrew are all signed up for soccer. Neil goes to coach camp tommorrow. First practice is next Tuesday and the first game is March 7th at 10:30am. In the middle of Pack Camp. FUN!
2) Scouts....Andrew and Lukas have both completed their rank for the year. They will be recieving their badges at the Blue and Gold Banquet that is part of PackCamp next weekend. They also just finished up their collecting belt loops. This was the final project:
These are the tops of the egg cartons that are housing their collections
This is Andrew's collection
This is Lukas' collection
Lukas and his den mates will be making these handydandy slides to wear on their neckerchiefs for the Blue and Gold/Pack Camp evening:
3) Doctors appointments: We have lots of these coming up.
Monday March 2, 2009 Andrew is going to peditrician about his stomach
Wednesday March 4, 2009 Lukas is going to the ENT about his snoring/apnea
Monday March 9, 2009 Andrew is going to the eye doctor for new glasses
4) I am going to see Billy Joel and Elton John on Thursday and I am SOOOO excited!
Have to leave you with some pictures. Dad ate chili...'nuff said and yes it was necessary.
Andrew lost a tooth!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Just another boring week....
Hasn't really been anything new and exciting going on in the Keller household this week. We did have a full contact kickball challenge Sunday but that was about it.
We are kinda in a holding pattern until after Pack Camp is over and soccer starts. Andrew is playing soccer this season. It's a short rec spring league. It's over in May. This is our first attempt at semi-competitive team sports. Neil is going to coach his team. Should be a fun and drama filled season.
The week has been really low key, Neil is working alot and the kids are playing outside alot.
I did do laundry, that should count for something!
We are kinda in a holding pattern until after Pack Camp is over and soccer starts. Andrew is playing soccer this season. It's a short rec spring league. It's over in May. This is our first attempt at semi-competitive team sports. Neil is going to coach his team. Should be a fun and drama filled season.
The week has been really low key, Neil is working alot and the kids are playing outside alot.
I did do laundry, that should count for something!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Happy VD! (Sorry couldn't resist)
Let me preface this by saying that I love my boys...no really, there are just days that I want to LOVINGLY pinch their little heads off.
A few weeks back, the boys and I had a conversation about Valentine's Day and their Valentines for school. They BOTH decided that they wanted store bought Valentines for their parties. Last year, they decided the same thing and then the whole time they were addressing them, they whined about how much cooler the ones that Mommy makes are...like the lollipop hearts, and Smarties love bugs. Fast forward to Wednesday, on the walk home from the bus. They announce that they've talked about it and now they want MOMMY Valentine's. ACK! We come home, scour the internet for hours..ok an hour...make a decision and then make Nana run to the store on her afternoon visit to get the candy.
I get all set up to make Valentine's last minute. What on earth was I thinking...oh yeah...making homemade Valentines and Halloween costumes are going to be things that they will remember forever and could possibly put me in the running for Mother of The Year. (and hopefully make them forget all the bad mothering moments I have) I knocked all 22 of Andrew's out in a few hours Wednesday night. Andrew picked out Valentine Mice, because NOTHING says Happy Valentine's Day! like pulling a lollipop out of a rat's a$$...
Lukas decided on little gnomes with big heart shaped feet. WHAT WAS I THINKING?? (oh yeah making up for that time I dropped him on his head when he was 6) And why can't I stop saying GaNomes? The later into the evening that it got, the more convinced I was that the GaNomes were evil and they were coming after me. Tell me these things don't look evil...
Yes that is a little army of chocolate kisses with googly eyes. Everything is better with googly eyes. I sat up until 1AM cutting out and gluing the little gnome hats and cutting out and creating the gnome shoes. I finally had to put the gnomes in a box because they were all staring at me. I assembled them yesterday. They just got more evil looking...
The evil GaNome army is now complete
Then I made homemade chicken pot pie with Andrew. I was feeling pretty confident in my bid to be Mother of The Year....until I taught the boys how to spit lima beans across the room.
So from the Keller Krew to you! Happy VD!
A few weeks back, the boys and I had a conversation about Valentine's Day and their Valentines for school. They BOTH decided that they wanted store bought Valentines for their parties. Last year, they decided the same thing and then the whole time they were addressing them, they whined about how much cooler the ones that Mommy makes are...like the lollipop hearts, and Smarties love bugs. Fast forward to Wednesday, on the walk home from the bus. They announce that they've talked about it and now they want MOMMY Valentine's. ACK! We come home, scour the internet for hours..ok an hour...make a decision and then make Nana run to the store on her afternoon visit to get the candy.
I get all set up to make Valentine's last minute. What on earth was I thinking...oh yeah...making homemade Valentines and Halloween costumes are going to be things that they will remember forever and could possibly put me in the running for Mother of The Year. (and hopefully make them forget all the bad mothering moments I have) I knocked all 22 of Andrew's out in a few hours Wednesday night. Andrew picked out Valentine Mice, because NOTHING says Happy Valentine's Day! like pulling a lollipop out of a rat's a$$...
Lukas decided on little gnomes with big heart shaped feet. WHAT WAS I THINKING?? (oh yeah making up for that time I dropped him on his head when he was 6) And why can't I stop saying GaNomes? The later into the evening that it got, the more convinced I was that the GaNomes were evil and they were coming after me. Tell me these things don't look evil...
Yes that is a little army of chocolate kisses with googly eyes. Everything is better with googly eyes. I sat up until 1AM cutting out and gluing the little gnome hats and cutting out and creating the gnome shoes. I finally had to put the gnomes in a box because they were all staring at me. I assembled them yesterday. They just got more evil looking...
The evil GaNome army is now complete
Then I made homemade chicken pot pie with Andrew. I was feeling pretty confident in my bid to be Mother of The Year....until I taught the boys how to spit lima beans across the room.
So from the Keller Krew to you! Happy VD!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
My first blog carnival
I have decided that I need an outlet to express my creativity and so I decided to start a blog...plus all the cool kids are doing it and I just wanna be in the "in-crowd" LOL So I started blogging and reading other people's blogs and I kept seeing these blog carnivals...there are alot of really neat ones and this one just struck a chord with me..so here it goes....
MamaKat over at Mama's Losin' It has a Writer's Workshop. She gives prompts and then you write about the prompts and post a link on your blog and hers. At least I think that's how it works.
There are four prompts but I am only going to do three of them...cause honestly it's been so long since I had a job, there is no way that I could number 2!
1.) What was the first CD (or record or cassette) you ever purchased? Write about the way that particular album made you feel then. Write about how it makes you feel now. writersdigest.com
3.) List your five most recent favorite things.
a) White Hot Chocolate from Dunkin' - I had to give up coffee a few years ago and I miss it dearly. Hot tea is good but I think I'm just too southern to get it. Tea is supposed to be really sweet and iced...preferably with a big chunk of lime (what can I say.."I've got a Carribbean soul I can barely control...") But white chocolate hot chocolate is da' bomb! It's sweet and hot and oh so yummy! To quote Lukas..."what a wunnerful thang!"
b) My new Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker - I won it in a raffle at a special M'ville Orlando Grand Opening and I am in love with this thing! It makes the best smoothies and frozen drinks. There is nothing more refreshing that coming home from the beach, popping some ice, frozen berries, OJ and rum into a machine and three minutes later pouring out the perfect drink. The kids love it AND I can make them healthy smoothies catering to their specific tastes! Its wonderful. Plus a free $300 blender is a wunnerful thang.
c) Everyday elegance Mandarin Essence dryer sheets - They don't make your clothes smell nearly as good as the sheets do though. I've started sticking them in random places as air fresheners. I love the way that they smell!
d) Season 8 of American Idol - This show is either a hit or miss with me. I just can't get into some reality TV shows....but this season has pulled me in big time. I think it's just all the drama. I haven't picked a favorite but the crazy chick entertains me. I love to see what insane thing is going to come out of her mouth next.
e) Lukas' teacher this year - She is the most amazing woman. I feel so blessed to have landed in her class this year. She has made such an impact on Lukas! I get the sweetest notes home in his planner and at first I had to ask..."Are you sure you are talking about MY kid?" but he is an angel for her at school. She has helped him so much. We are currently begging her to teach third grade next year!! She is a wunnerful thang!
4.) I'm hungry. Share your very favorite recipe!!
Cheater Lasagna has become a staple at our house. It's so much easier than a real lasagna.
Cheater Lasagna
box of noodles....I mix up the noodles I use..farfaline is the newest fave
15 oz Ricotta Cheese
2 cups Mozzerella Cheese
1 cup Parmesan
2 eggs
Spices to taste...whatever you would put in a regular lasagna
Red Sauce
1) Boil noodles until tender
2) While noodles are boiling, mix everything else into a large bowl. Mix well.
3) Drain noodles and return to pot.
4) Pour cheese mixture into pot with noodles. Stir well.
5) Pour noodles and cheese into casserole dish.
6) top with extra mozzerrella and parmesan cheese
7) Bake 25-30 minutes at 400.
OK I hope I did this new thing the right way.
MamaKat over at Mama's Losin' It has a Writer's Workshop. She gives prompts and then you write about the prompts and post a link on your blog and hers. At least I think that's how it works.
There are four prompts but I am only going to do three of them...cause honestly it's been so long since I had a job, there is no way that I could number 2!
1.) What was the first CD (or record or cassette) you ever purchased? Write about the way that particular album made you feel then. Write about how it makes you feel now. writersdigest.com
I am pretty sure that the first CD I ever purchased with my own money from my first job was Jimmy Buffett's "Song's You Know By Heart". I have always been and will always be a huge ParrotHead. To the point that until last month, I was a member of one of the largest ParrotHead Clubs in the world and sat on the Fruitcakes Advisory Committee. Being a ParrotHead is about alot more than drinking margaritas on the beach and getting sloshed at a concert while wearing a foam cheeseburger on your head and a loud tropical shirt. The work that these clubs do in the local communities and worldwide is unbelievable. But now I am way off track. I wanted a CD that had all of the good party songs to keep in my car and it worked for awhile...until my Buffett collection had it's own book. Now I make fun of that album...Songs We've Heard to Death..but that's just because there are so many good albums. I miss the club and but the direction that it is heading in under it's new "crews" director isn't something that I can support.
3.) List your five most recent favorite things.
a) White Hot Chocolate from Dunkin' - I had to give up coffee a few years ago and I miss it dearly. Hot tea is good but I think I'm just too southern to get it. Tea is supposed to be really sweet and iced...preferably with a big chunk of lime (what can I say.."I've got a Carribbean soul I can barely control...") But white chocolate hot chocolate is da' bomb! It's sweet and hot and oh so yummy! To quote Lukas..."what a wunnerful thang!"
b) My new Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker - I won it in a raffle at a special M'ville Orlando Grand Opening and I am in love with this thing! It makes the best smoothies and frozen drinks. There is nothing more refreshing that coming home from the beach, popping some ice, frozen berries, OJ and rum into a machine and three minutes later pouring out the perfect drink. The kids love it AND I can make them healthy smoothies catering to their specific tastes! Its wonderful. Plus a free $300 blender is a wunnerful thang.
c) Everyday elegance Mandarin Essence dryer sheets - They don't make your clothes smell nearly as good as the sheets do though. I've started sticking them in random places as air fresheners. I love the way that they smell!
d) Season 8 of American Idol - This show is either a hit or miss with me. I just can't get into some reality TV shows....but this season has pulled me in big time. I think it's just all the drama. I haven't picked a favorite but the crazy chick entertains me. I love to see what insane thing is going to come out of her mouth next.
e) Lukas' teacher this year - She is the most amazing woman. I feel so blessed to have landed in her class this year. She has made such an impact on Lukas! I get the sweetest notes home in his planner and at first I had to ask..."Are you sure you are talking about MY kid?" but he is an angel for her at school. She has helped him so much. We are currently begging her to teach third grade next year!! She is a wunnerful thang!
4.) I'm hungry. Share your very favorite recipe!!
Cheater Lasagna has become a staple at our house. It's so much easier than a real lasagna.
Cheater Lasagna
box of noodles....I mix up the noodles I use..farfaline is the newest fave
15 oz Ricotta Cheese
2 cups Mozzerella Cheese
1 cup Parmesan
2 eggs
Spices to taste...whatever you would put in a regular lasagna
Red Sauce
1) Boil noodles until tender
2) While noodles are boiling, mix everything else into a large bowl. Mix well.
3) Drain noodles and return to pot.
4) Pour cheese mixture into pot with noodles. Stir well.
5) Pour noodles and cheese into casserole dish.
6) top with extra mozzerrella and parmesan cheese
7) Bake 25-30 minutes at 400.
OK I hope I did this new thing the right way.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
I am pleased to announce....
That both boys finished their Cub Scout Rank Acheivements!
They will both be getting their ranks at the upcoming Blue and Gold Banquet! When we started the year, the both said that they wanted to be finished by Banquet and they worked very hard and showed real dedication to finish it up. Lukas has completed enough electives to get his gold arrow point AND three silvers. Andrew has enough to get his gold and two silvers. That's pretty impressive! I am just so proud of them!
I also became something this weekend that I swore I would never be....I am a soccer mom. All I need is a minivan and I have transformed into a normal mom. Next will be scrapbooking. Not that I have anything against any of you that scrapbook, but I just don't get the point! But I am finding myself in craft stores searching the scrapbook aisles, but I don't know why. I am becoming a suburbanite. AUGH!! Do you think the other soccer moms with their perfect hair and nails and minivans with the little people stickers on the back that they cut with their cricut will accept me into their scrapbooking circle? At least they have invented glue dots so now no one has to know how bad I am with craft glue.
This is what parenthood does to you! It takes a perfect normal, tattooed, beer drinking, ponytail wearing normal woman and turns her into a clone. If I start wearing high heels and worrying about my purse....someone take me out!
I really am turning into Betty F'in Crocker!
They will both be getting their ranks at the upcoming Blue and Gold Banquet! When we started the year, the both said that they wanted to be finished by Banquet and they worked very hard and showed real dedication to finish it up. Lukas has completed enough electives to get his gold arrow point AND three silvers. Andrew has enough to get his gold and two silvers. That's pretty impressive! I am just so proud of them!
I also became something this weekend that I swore I would never be....I am a soccer mom. All I need is a minivan and I have transformed into a normal mom. Next will be scrapbooking. Not that I have anything against any of you that scrapbook, but I just don't get the point! But I am finding myself in craft stores searching the scrapbook aisles, but I don't know why. I am becoming a suburbanite. AUGH!! Do you think the other soccer moms with their perfect hair and nails and minivans with the little people stickers on the back that they cut with their cricut will accept me into their scrapbooking circle? At least they have invented glue dots so now no one has to know how bad I am with craft glue.
This is what parenthood does to you! It takes a perfect normal, tattooed, beer drinking, ponytail wearing normal woman and turns her into a clone. If I start wearing high heels and worrying about my purse....someone take me out!
I really am turning into Betty F'in Crocker!
Friday, February 6, 2009
You should always remember to check their homework...
...before they take it to the teacher.
Third Grade Creative Writing Homework...Mr. Smarty Pants Andrew
Assignment: If all the streets were rivers, how would this change things at
your school? How would you get to school?
Answer: If my street was a river I could swim with fish every day. I could
try catching fish with my hands. It would be hard to play football and other
games.
How will I get to store and places? Most of all how will me and my brother
get to school? How will my Dad get to work? And my mom get to 7eleven?
What if it's over my door and car? Will I have to swim? Take a boat? Will I
have to walk underwater? I don't want to stay home! I want to go to school! I
don't want a river in my street.
And before you ask, those are HIS sunglasses. He just "claimed" my emergency pair of scratched up rock star glasses as his own. He is currently sitting on the couch playing Wii wearing this exact outfit, except now "his" sunglasses are perched on top of his head like his momma's.... ::sigh::
Third Grade Creative Writing Homework...Mr. Smarty Pants Andrew
Assignment: If all the streets were rivers, how would this change things at
your school? How would you get to school?
Answer: If my street was a river I could swim with fish every day. I could
try catching fish with my hands. It would be hard to play football and other
games.
How will I get to store and places? Most of all how will me and my brother
get to school? How will my Dad get to work? And my mom get to 7eleven?
What if it's over my door and car? Will I have to swim? Take a boat? Will I
have to walk underwater? I don't want to stay home! I want to go to school! I
don't want a river in my street.
Do you see this sweet innocent little boy?
(And yes I used my camera phone to take a pic of a pic they sent home from school)
HE RATTED ME OUT!!
Everyone else gets to go to all of these great important places like work and school, and all poor Momma gets to do is go to the 7-11!! Its nice to know that that is what he thinks I do all day!! While Dad is out bringing home the bacon, and he and Lukas are getting their ed-u-ma-cation, Momma is sitting around watching soaps and eating bonbon's she bought at the 7-11! Thanks kid!
And as payback. Here are two pictures that will now live forever in the inner bowels of the internet. In 5 years, one of your friends is going to dig these up and pick on you. And I am going to remind you of the 7-11 comment and laugh my evil laugh.
PRESENTING....
ANDREW AS ELTON JOHN!!
And before you ask, those are HIS sunglasses. He just "claimed" my emergency pair of scratched up rock star glasses as his own. He is currently sitting on the couch playing Wii wearing this exact outfit, except now "his" sunglasses are perched on top of his head like his momma's.... ::sigh::
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Cub Scout Family Camp
I really think I might be insane! Who in their right mind goes camping in January, even if they do live in Flori-duh? Especially knowing that the night might be one of the coldest in the history of the entire state? Especially knowing that they do not own a coat, or gloves or even a nice warm ski cap? Yeah that would be me and my overly excited little family...that apparently somehow grows when we go camping to include THREE psuedo-husbands and 6 extra boys? Lemme explain the psuedo-husbands before my dad has a stroke....I wasn't the only mom camping but I was the only "active and engaged" mom camping...WHY am I always the only girl??? One family is a single dad and he had all three of his littles with him and he was the leader of the pack this time and very busy...but I tend to step in with his kids alot so that's normal. One had to work late and his wife just had a baby, so I had him with my gang. And then we had one that just always hangs with us.
Camp was great. We got there and got set up. The big guys knew I was going to spend most of the night alone so they had saved our tent a space in the middle so they could protect me from all of the tigers and bears and wolves (oh my) that were planning on eating me in the middle of the night. We got set up and it was Activity Time.
Our first activity was cane pole fishing. With corn. On the pond. In the cold. Needless to say, the fishies were WAY smarter than the scouts. Next, we had a free period...so back to camp to finish putting up tents and blowing up air mattresses. Then we moved onto "sports game" It was some silly version of football and tag. Andrew fell and cried. The final game at this station was Tug Of War. Andrew fell and cried. Then we moved on to the next activity. Jedi Ball. There were tiny nerf basketballs and you threw them at each other if you got hit you sat down and your Jedi "tapped" you with his light saber and you could play again. Andrew got smacked in the face with a ball. He cried. (Are you noticing a pattern here?) Next station was the Great Wall of China. The kids wore flag football belts, the parents lined up on the midline, the kids had to run past us, if we got their flags, they joined the wall. Andrew cried. TWICE. Then we got to go to archery. Andrew ROCKED at Archery and he didn't even cry! He is awesome with a bow. I was way impressed. And did I mention that he didn't cry?? WOOHOO!! The last activity was coming up with the skits for council ring later that night.
After skit, we went back to the campsite to cook dinner. Hamburgers, hot dogs, fish, chips and baked taters. By this time, it's getting COLD! I was already shivering! I only had on like 6 layers at that point. But Maz brought me a surprise! A ski parka!! I was very very very very very very excited to be wearing a ski parka. Not that I would ever actually go skiing but wearing the coat made me a very happy camper. Finally we got to eat and get ready for the council ring. As I was eating my potato, I realized how nice and warm my hands were...***MOMENT OF GENIUS*** I snatched a potato and popped it in the pocket of my hoodie and had a instant hand warmer. That thing last all the way through the council ring. Woohoo council ring, grey squirrel, silly skits, chattering teeth sitting on rock benches. YUCK
After council ring, we went back and started the 'Smore Fest. Neil left for work. We ate more 'Smores. Andrew was finally ready for bed. I was the mean mommy and made him change his clothes. I might not have gone camping in a long long long time but I do remember some of those things I learned as a girl scout. Lots of those kids slept in the clothes that they had been wearing all day and they froze, even in their sleeping bags! Not Andrew. He said he stayed warm. I put him in his sleeping bag and then put him in MY sleeping bag. Did the same for Lukas an hour later. Which created a problem. Neil and I were sleeping bagless!! Once the kids finally crashed. We had some adult time around the fire. The grown ups started disappearing one at a time. Until it was 2AM and there were four of us left. The idea of going back to the tent and putting out the fire to get into freezing cold sleeping bags just wasn't something we were interested in doing. So we sat up all night and slept in camp chairs over the fire. It was so cold that one side of your body would be getting frostbite and the other side was roasting. We had to get up and change directions like rotisserie chickens every 20 minutes or so. About 5AM, the guys put another log of white pine on the fire. It blazed up really well....and singed Sean's butt really good. He took off running. We laughed so hard we woke everybody up. BUT I did make it all the way through the night withOUT leaving like SOME people!
Then it was time for breakfast, which of course has to be a mess. We made omelets in plastic bags in a turkey fryer of boiling water. If you write on the bag in just the right place, the ink will transfer through the bag onto your eggs! I just had to draw a crown and write princess on mine. One of the older boys had to correct me and tell me that I am not a princess, that I am the old evil queen...remind me to kill him later. LoL Then off to more council ring and awards. We were tied for 1st with 12 scouts camping!! Then we packed up to head home.
We were making one last pass through the camp site to make sure that we had 'left no trace' and Andrew stumbled upon a lost tiger in the woods. (A tiger is a 1st grade scout) The little boys was crying and lost and wearing a skunk hat. Andrew tried to calm him down and promised him that his mom would find his parents. Andrew was so calm and grown up, he put his arm around the kid and patted him on the back. It was neat to watch. He told us later that he knew what to do because of the "No Child Left Behind Act" LoLoLoLoLoLoL
We got home about 1:30PM. We took showers, got a snack and slept the afternoon away. Woke up, ordered pizza and slept some more. I heard there was a football game being played across town...I think I saw three commercials and a handful of plays. The kids told me the next morning that the Steelers won. Good for them and thank goodness that the tourists are all gone!!!
It's GASPARILLA INVASION weekend!! I love the parade and the invasion and the take over of Tampa's government. I love me some pirates! LoL
Going to get a real haircut tomorrow and dunno what to get. I have mom hair sooooo bad. It's sooooo long but I dont think I want to cut it short enough to donate it this time. I want a hairSTYLE not just a haircut! Any suggestions?
Camp was great. We got there and got set up. The big guys knew I was going to spend most of the night alone so they had saved our tent a space in the middle so they could protect me from all of the tigers and bears and wolves (oh my) that were planning on eating me in the middle of the night. We got set up and it was Activity Time.
Our first activity was cane pole fishing. With corn. On the pond. In the cold. Needless to say, the fishies were WAY smarter than the scouts. Next, we had a free period...so back to camp to finish putting up tents and blowing up air mattresses. Then we moved onto "sports game" It was some silly version of football and tag. Andrew fell and cried. The final game at this station was Tug Of War. Andrew fell and cried. Then we moved on to the next activity. Jedi Ball. There were tiny nerf basketballs and you threw them at each other if you got hit you sat down and your Jedi "tapped" you with his light saber and you could play again. Andrew got smacked in the face with a ball. He cried. (Are you noticing a pattern here?) Next station was the Great Wall of China. The kids wore flag football belts, the parents lined up on the midline, the kids had to run past us, if we got their flags, they joined the wall. Andrew cried. TWICE. Then we got to go to archery. Andrew ROCKED at Archery and he didn't even cry! He is awesome with a bow. I was way impressed. And did I mention that he didn't cry?? WOOHOO!! The last activity was coming up with the skits for council ring later that night.
After skit, we went back to the campsite to cook dinner. Hamburgers, hot dogs, fish, chips and baked taters. By this time, it's getting COLD! I was already shivering! I only had on like 6 layers at that point. But Maz brought me a surprise! A ski parka!! I was very very very very very very excited to be wearing a ski parka. Not that I would ever actually go skiing but wearing the coat made me a very happy camper. Finally we got to eat and get ready for the council ring. As I was eating my potato, I realized how nice and warm my hands were...***MOMENT OF GENIUS*** I snatched a potato and popped it in the pocket of my hoodie and had a instant hand warmer. That thing last all the way through the council ring. Woohoo council ring, grey squirrel, silly skits, chattering teeth sitting on rock benches. YUCK
After council ring, we went back and started the 'Smore Fest. Neil left for work. We ate more 'Smores. Andrew was finally ready for bed. I was the mean mommy and made him change his clothes. I might not have gone camping in a long long long time but I do remember some of those things I learned as a girl scout. Lots of those kids slept in the clothes that they had been wearing all day and they froze, even in their sleeping bags! Not Andrew. He said he stayed warm. I put him in his sleeping bag and then put him in MY sleeping bag. Did the same for Lukas an hour later. Which created a problem. Neil and I were sleeping bagless!! Once the kids finally crashed. We had some adult time around the fire. The grown ups started disappearing one at a time. Until it was 2AM and there were four of us left. The idea of going back to the tent and putting out the fire to get into freezing cold sleeping bags just wasn't something we were interested in doing. So we sat up all night and slept in camp chairs over the fire. It was so cold that one side of your body would be getting frostbite and the other side was roasting. We had to get up and change directions like rotisserie chickens every 20 minutes or so. About 5AM, the guys put another log of white pine on the fire. It blazed up really well....and singed Sean's butt really good. He took off running. We laughed so hard we woke everybody up. BUT I did make it all the way through the night withOUT leaving like SOME people!
Then it was time for breakfast, which of course has to be a mess. We made omelets in plastic bags in a turkey fryer of boiling water. If you write on the bag in just the right place, the ink will transfer through the bag onto your eggs! I just had to draw a crown and write princess on mine. One of the older boys had to correct me and tell me that I am not a princess, that I am the old evil queen...remind me to kill him later. LoL Then off to more council ring and awards. We were tied for 1st with 12 scouts camping!! Then we packed up to head home.
We were making one last pass through the camp site to make sure that we had 'left no trace' and Andrew stumbled upon a lost tiger in the woods. (A tiger is a 1st grade scout) The little boys was crying and lost and wearing a skunk hat. Andrew tried to calm him down and promised him that his mom would find his parents. Andrew was so calm and grown up, he put his arm around the kid and patted him on the back. It was neat to watch. He told us later that he knew what to do because of the "No Child Left Behind Act" LoLoLoLoLoLoL
We got home about 1:30PM. We took showers, got a snack and slept the afternoon away. Woke up, ordered pizza and slept some more. I heard there was a football game being played across town...I think I saw three commercials and a handful of plays. The kids told me the next morning that the Steelers won. Good for them and thank goodness that the tourists are all gone!!!
It's GASPARILLA INVASION weekend!! I love the parade and the invasion and the take over of Tampa's government. I love me some pirates! LoL
Going to get a real haircut tomorrow and dunno what to get. I have mom hair sooooo bad. It's sooooo long but I dont think I want to cut it short enough to donate it this time. I want a hairSTYLE not just a haircut! Any suggestions?
Monday, February 2, 2009
I survived...
BARELY! Am exhausted and tired STILL a full 26 hours after we got home from Family Camp. I promise that there will be a full report, including the pocket full of potato, rotisserie chicken sleeping arrangements, and princess omelets.
Out the door to Scouts soon.
Out the door to Scouts soon.
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