Survived the Week!

We made it through the first week of school, only 38 weeks to go! It turned out to be a fun week. I actually have much to post. On Wednesday I was trying to post and had computer problems and then I never had a spare moment to blog after that so I have some catching up to do.

Tuesday~
It was Cub Scout Pack Meeting tonight. I also call these events "Hours sucked out of my life nights". Actually this Pack Meeting wasn't too bad or too long. It was the Pinewood Derby Race. Matt & J-Bear worked on the car all weekend and it did pretty good. Twice it came in second. I think that is amazing - if you know my husbands handyman skills you will also consider the second place finish amazing. Sorry, sweetie but it's true. Give the guy a computer and he is in his element, but wood is a completely different story. That is why the car was so cool, because even though it is not Matt's "thing" he still helped J-Bear pull off respectable placing!!

J-Bear also received his Webelos Award! Now he will be working on his Arrow of Light Award. Here are some pictures of the evening:

J-Bear's car is the one on the far left. It was painted light blue and orange (his favorite colors at the moment.) Matt and J-Bear named it the "Blue Dart".



J-Bear getting his medal of honor!

J-Bear holding his award!

J-Bear with his good-looking parents!

Wednesday~

Chloe & I went to a mother/daughter activity at the church. It was beautiful! I've been meaning to email all my friends, sisters-in-laws, and any other girl I can think of....the book they centered the activity was absolutely amazing.

I think this book is fairly new, at least I had never heard of it until this evening. It is a must have in your homes for your daughters, young and old. And also a MUST HAVE for yourselves! It was amazing. I recommend getting the one that comes with the cd because it has some great music to go with the story. I am convinced that it is Seth Green's voice doing the storytelling. Matt says no way. I will do some research and let you know if it is him, because I'm sure you're all wondering that as well.

Aside from the story we also got to highlight our daughters and I thought I'd put some of the things I said about "Princess Chloe".

She is 11 years old. She is my one and only sweet loving daughter. The 3 things I love most about her are: 1) She is kind to everyone 2) She is so hard working & tries to do her best at everything 3) She loves to help with babies & kids. And one day she will make a great mom!

She is special to me because from the moment I held her in my arms I could feel her sweet spirit. And to this day I feel that sweet spirit and see all the good she does in her young life. She always tries to do what is right & inspires me to be a good person because of how good she is!!

That is all my time allotted me to say, but there are so many wonderful qualities about this little girl and I am so excited to see the wonderful woman she will one day be.

Friday~
The kids started up Piano lessons again. They have a new teacher and both kids seemed to like her a lot. Their old teacher quit teaching piano because she got a job teaching English at the kid's school. Chloe also started Violin lessons. She loves her teacher, who is just a kid herself (16 years old), but an amazing Violin player.

Finally to Today~
Not much happening today. I was happy to be able to sleep in until 8:00 am. The 6:00 am thing was probably the hardest part of my whole week, but my body seems to be readjusting to the school hours. No more lazy summer days for 38 more weeks!

That's all folks! Thanks for sticking with me through the unbearably long post!! Next week will be even more exciting as the homework starts to pile on the kids. Can't wait!