Blue and Gold banquet, trampoline and braces in no particular order

Last Friday, the weather was incredibly lovely.  While Bug was at school and bowling, I put up his trampoline.  He was a happy boy when he got home and got to play on the trampoline.  The weather was in the 70s F (19C) and we were both happy to be outside in the sun and warmth.   On Tuesday, this week, it snowed!  Spring weather is so changeable. 

Tonight we had a party at the skating rink for Bug's basketball team.  More on this later in the post.

 

Sunday, was the cub scout Blue and Gold banquet.  Bug is now a Weblo, meaning he has 2 years left in cub scouts before he moves up to boy scouts. 

The boys got to enjoy a magic show- it was very entertaining.  each den in the pack also did a skit for the audience, they were all very funny.

Bug's doctor is also his den leader.  Such a nice dad, doctor and friend.

Bug getting ready to receive his rank award.

Being presented his award by the cub master and his den leader.  I am so proud of how hard he has worked over the last year.

Tonight at the skating rink, Bug and his friend spent some time playing Pokémon cards.

receiving awards for the year from one of the coaches.

Bug with his award for the year.

He got a second award from the tournament the team was in right before the end of the year.

And finally, the reason Bug's face looks so strange in the pictures from today- he now has braces and a retainer. 

The braces are teal and silver and the retainer (not seen) is orange

skating party

Bug's school had their second skating party tonight.  The weather is stormy tonight, so we only stayed until 7:45, but that was 1 hour and 45 minutes of skating for Bug.

along with some pizza eating.

totally sweating after skating the evening away.

 

I am off to relax as much as possible with the storms coming in.  I don't know why I am so anxious about the storms now, but I think it has something to do with Bug.  I am not worried about me or the house or things in the house, I am worried about Bug in the storms.  I guess it is being a mom, but as he gets older, I get more worried.

 

Love and hugs,

Deb

The week of 25Oct2013 in pictures

We had another busy week, actually I think all our weeks are busy.   The weather was also very cold this week, but more on that later.

 

I have been working with Pablo to be off the leash in the front yard.  He does good so long as we are playing with his toys and there are no squirrels in the area.  Since the squirrels are busy collecting nuts for the winter, there have been a few incidents with Pablo chasing them.  See the telephone pool across the street, Pablo cornered a squirrel there.  He was not pleased that I came over and carried him home.

While Pablo and I play, Bug is usually riding his bike.  He looks for neighbor friends to play with and most times there is someone to play with any evening we are out.

Wednesday night, Bug wanted to roast marshmallows.  As good as the fire looks, it only stayed lit for a few minutes.  I need fire making classes.

But Bug was happy he got a fire and marshmallows.

Thursday was the day of really variable weather.  First it was cold, second day we had temperatures below or at freezing in the morning.  It stayed in 40s most of the day, we had to pull out winter coats, gloves and I had to turn on the heat and put flannel sheets on the bed. My head was pounding all day, it was so bad (a very bad migraine) that I had to leave work early in order to nap in a dark room.  I napped  20 minutes, picked Bug at the bus stop and went back to bed for another hour.  At 5 pm, I looked out the back window and saw hail falling.  We were supposed to get Mam and Pap, but we stayed home until it was just rain coming down.

By 5:40 pm, we had snow and rain mixed!  No wonder my head hurt so much.  After the weather calmed down and became just rain, my headache eased up, which was good since we had a school skating party to attend. 

I should have stayed home, but no way could I send Mam and Pap to the skating rink with Bug and his school.  Bug was so excited to go.  Bug is still cautious on skating floor, but he did great.  He was adamant that I was not to be on the skating floor, so I just stayed away from him.

Mam and Pap hung out and kept an eye on our stuff at the table.

Bug managed to stop skating long enough to have some pizza.

And after eating, I went skating.  I had a fun time and Bug had a great time.  By the time we got home, my headache was gone.

Which is surprising given the volume of the music/sound at the skating rink.

Saturday, we went to N's birthday party.  His party was a bowling party, a glow in the dark bowling party.  The colors are correct, this is what the glow light looks like when you take pictures without a flash.

 With the flash, the pictures look like this.  Bug was the oldest boy at the party and the only one not from N's class.

OH NO, I did not pick up the spare.  Bug is such a drama king!

We had a busy week and this coming week looks to be just as busy, with Halloween on Thursday.

Love and hugs,
Deb