Just Another Day in the Park

Last Saturday we went to the park to try to get our minds off Collin on his scout trip - you know, the ones you hear about on the news about boys getting lost or encountering bears etc.

I taught Grace about doing "trains" on the slide and Jon showed us his amazing surfing skills - also using the slide.

We also tried to block out the Mexicano and Country music wars going on all around the park battling it out for complete domination over the peaceful sounds of nature. There were many parties and other interesting things going on but this pinata (the big red platform heel) won our prize for greatest sight of the day.

Just one more perk of living in a large international city. I challenge you to go to your closest park and see what you can see. Happy Spring!

"Mom . .

. . . if I don't go to regular High School, how am I going to find a girlfriend?" - Collin

Glad to see he's got his priorities straight. We were without our boy all weekend since he was on his first Scout hike ALONE and it was NOT fun. When we went to pick him up, Grace saw him and took off running yelling, "Collin! Collin!". I was so glad to see that he wasn't embarrassed by this display of affection from his little sister and in front of his homies and gave her a big hug! It was so sweet! We're glad to be reunited again and to spend some time camping together this weekend for spring break. Yay for spring!

Arrow of Light

(I always think that sounds like some New Age Crystal healing organization or something) When a Cub Scout fulfills all the requirements to "graduate" into Boy Scouts, they earn their Arrow of Light award. Without bringing up all the juicy behind-the-scenes antics of his Mother Bear, Collin was able to get his this last week at the Blue and Gold banquet. This is waiting for Jon and I to come up and be a part of the ceremony.

The Sweet Potato (notice the lashing he's done on his glasses? He has stepped on them at least 11 times in the 3 months he's had them. I guess it's good Scout Skills practice!)

Getting his face painted . . .

Smirking at his pals:

"I will not look at the camera . . . I will NOT look at the camera!" Crossing The Bridge into Boy Scouts.

Always the chatty chat-ofilis.

The coveted badge. (Since this is the 100 year anniversary of scouting, they are putting 2010 on everything.)