Webelos

Aidan has worked hard in cubscouts.  He completed his bobcat, his wolf, and his bear.  This last pack meeting he recieved his Webelos (along with his compass badge and one point).  He's also worked hard on his own to earn several activity beltloops and pins.





Fun for me, I get to paint his face! 

 

 All finished: blue W from ear to ear, centered on his nose; yellow triangles on his chin and forehead; red stripes on is forehead, chin, and cheeks.  Just don't ask me what they mean, I wasn't paying attention to that part :)

getting my pin.

Next month he'll earn his Arrow of Light, all he has left is to memorize the scout oath and law.  Way to go Aidan, we're proud of you!

End of year concert, projects, and programs

As we wind down the school year, we had a few major events to attend/work on.

Aidan had his end of year concert.  He's done well, and still practices (although not every day, at least 3-4 times a week).  He's looking forward to having a band class in summer school (4 weeks).

 Davin has worked really hard on his report on Kangaroo Rats (they're really mice).  He knew that he wanted to make a clay model, and then paint it.  He did a great job.  Once all of the first graders had their projects finished, they put on a Desert Animal Museum for the whole school (family was invited to attend).

 Miss Emelia finished up a great year of preschool, and is all ready (and excited) to start kindergarten in the fall.  She had lots of fun with Miss Laura, while I had lots of fun playing Aunt to the cutest, mellow-est baby (sniff, I'll miss you Luke)

 The kids did a cute program for us, of songs they've been working on, anchored by a play of "The Three Little Pigs."  Eme got to be the first little pig who built her house of straw (yes, it is quite a title).  She loved it, and got to be in everyone's house and get chased by the "wolf" twice.

Theatre is hard work.

Family Hike

 We took the family for a little hike up at Usery, just a few minutes from our home.  The last time we hiked was two summers ago up at Sunset Crater on our drive up to Utah.  This adventure went much smoother than our first.

 We did a simple mile and a half hike, with only minimal elevation changes.  A must for me since I've been dealing with a rather serious knee sprain (a stage 1 acl sprain), and have been in physical therapy for two weeks already.

 The hike was a nice loop around a "mountain", after our loop, Eric took the boys up over the top.  They loved it, and the view.

 I love their backpacks, the only things in them were a water bottle and snacks.  But if the kids carried their own stuff, it ment we didn't need to.  They all did a great job too, and with no complaints!

The boys were both thrilled, they each saw the animals they wanted (needed) to see for the trip to have been successful.  They saw collard lizards, catus wren, other lizards, a Harris Hawk or two, and lots of other birds.  Davin was disappointed that he didn't see a Gila Monster (who wouldn't be?), but managed to enjoy himself nonetheless.

We'll go again, before the weather turns too hot (and by that we mean well over 100).  We'll just give my knee some time to recover, and we'll be off again.