Bear cub

Henry moved up to bear from wolf cub last night. He is excited for the bear activities to start, especially the knife whittling and fire building achievements.

He also decorated a cake for the pack meeting.

5K walk

Weight Watchers had a 5k walk this morning at trail that Chaya & I walk every other day. There were lots of WW participants and a few from our Thursday meeting. We had our picture with Marie, our leader. The walk started at 8am and it was over by 9am, a short & fun walk.

More about the trip

Hitting the links in St. Augustine, lots of golf balls lost in the ponds.





Henry watching the African Stork wait for its meal next to the "dead zebra".
The Swamp filled with varieties of alligators, crocodiles & asst birds.

Alligator looking for some lovin', you can see the water vibrating from the grunts/bellows he's making.

Nico & his sticker collection of the day.


Villa Zorayda, Henry wanted me to take a picture of the place where "a deadly rug is hung on the wall so no one can walk on it and die", folklore about a rug that killed everyone who has walked on it.

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It's working again....Sweet Augustine

The boys and I spent a week in St. Augustine doing touristy things..trolley rides, Alligator Farm, Lighthouse, Old city walks, camping at the Anastasia State Park, walking along the beach, fishing, chocolate tour, winery visit and Ripley's.

We really enjoyed ourselves...well maybe not Nico and Ripley's.

Whetstone Chocolate factory tour...nico was watching the spinning machine rotate in circles & twists. Showing how they make hollowed shapes like bunnies & stuff.

The boys watching the machine fill candy molds and then they ate them.

Heading down the spiral staircase at St. Augustine Lighthouse - 219 steps to the top, the boys ran all the way and all the way down.
The last two flights are narrow.
The view from the top...check out mr. bunny hiding in Henry's pocket.

Report cards

Both boys came home with excellent report cards - ribbons & certificates too! I am so proud of them, especially H. He deserves all the kudos he gets.

First Game

The kids waiting for the refs to show up so the game can begin.




The holding pen....aka waiting your turn tent. Nico and another boy were bored so they started to wrestle.
Nico is called into the game, he was excited.
Nico's turn to be goalie, he stopped the ball and kicked it back into play.

Nico has the ball.....
BAM! He gets kicked in the shin, thankfully he wears full leg protection and the game continued.
Game Over and congrats for everyone.

Watch here he comes...just don't call him becky.

We are finally home.

The tooth finally fell out! Now henry says he can eat oreo cookies.

Dang it was hot last night, this was the temp at 8.30pm.

Scouting activities

Henry had scout Twilight Camp all last week and he had a blast.

From 2010July

From 2010July

The best thing, he participated in games, crafting activities and skits. He loved the tag game, he just ran around with a wild gleam in his eyes.

From 2010July

Saturday, the den had rockets blast-off.

From 2010July

From 2010July

Joe couldn't wait to blast off the birdies.

From 2010July

Rocket makin'

Nico & I made this cheesy birdie rocket and blew it off 2 times before it was lost in the neighbors yard. It took less than 10 minutes to create and 30 minutes of fun.

I am hosting a model rocket class & fly off in July for my scout den, just need to get some commemorative rocket patches and more engines.

Nico graduated from pre-k today, he thought he was going to Henry's school today. He was upset that he has to wait until the end of summer to start kinder.

Bouncing party

Nico's classmate held her birthday party at an indoor bounce house called Pump It Up! The place is huge - the first room is bright and airy with a very tall slide, basketball hoops, mini slides one after the other. The big slide was the big hit.



Then we moved on to a smaller, very dark disco like room with colour changing lights and loud music. Narrow slides, big "king of the mountain" type house that Henry loved. He claimed the center ball and yelled at everyone to knock him off.

Nico was tired after almost 2hours of running/bouncing/sliding.

Look Ma no trainers

Birthday boy

Henry wrote out a birthday sign for me, he did a fab job.


Hamming it up for the camera.
Blowing out the candles on his birthday brownies.

He picked brownies for his birthday cake.
Jen & the boys looking for alligators in the woods.

The boy impatiently waiting to open his gifts.