Cub Scouts

Our family has joined Cub Scouts this year, because for the little guys it really is a family commitment.   The first event was a recruiting round-up a few weeks after school started.  The big draw was an entertainer who did magic tricks and made balloon swords (and other fun stuff) for the boys.   We've also been out to sell popcorn for fundraising for fun stuff like their upcoming camping trip.   Looking forward to watching the boys and all their fun and joining in when I can.

Rachel

Our beautiful Rachel went to heaven this week.    She was 14 1/2 years old, and has been with us since the week we got home from our honeymoon.  We had a family evening on Monday night to reminisce and share memories about Rachel and talk about what heaven might be like.  It has been a really sad few weeks as we've come to the realization that her body had worn out as she lost most of the use of her back legs.   But we're happy she's at peace.

 

End of Summer

August and September is when we transition back to school, get rid of the hot weather, and wrap up the September 15th tax deadline and enjoy a few days off.

Labor Day weekend we took advantage of being home and not having any specific plans by spreading mulch, which we hadn't done in a few years. A GIANT pile of mulch was delivered on Friday afternoon and it was gone by Monday afternoon after much hard work, heavy lifting, scooping and spreading.   And of course like any fun weekend project, we attracted the neighbors to "help."

 

My little buddy was helping me work at home one evening, and since I wouldn't let him type on my laptop, he drew me a beautiful picture in my notepad.  Love, love, love.

Several of us with young Marvel fans shared the Deloitte suite for Marvel LIVE at United Center.  The boys all dressed up in their super hero finest. 

 

We made homemade biscuits one night after school.  My big 1st grader doesn't choose to wear collared shirts anymore, so I know this was picture day.  I took the day off work and spent the morning volunteering at pictures.  It was a lot of fun making sure the hair was in place, crumbs brushed off the shirts and collars in place.  Although William doesn't like to "dress up" in collared shirts, he does like dress up for battles.  He now has two Halloween costumes to choose between in the year of Star Wars:  Clone Commander Fox and Boba Fett. 

We made our annual trip to Six Flags for corporate day.   This year we took our neighbor friends and had a lot of fun riding rides together.   Since Uncle Ryan wasn't there, William didn't get to play any of the carnival games, but he did get his annual 7-11 slushie!   The big excitement was that he was tall enough to ride of several non-kid rides by himself.  He must have the strongest stomach of all of us, because he rode those spinning rides over and over and over with a smile on his face.  I rode each once and then enjoyed watching!