9 years ago today I was laboring and swearing I was not going to do this again! Fast forward to today and, well, we have a 9 year old kid. Halfway to being out on his own. We hope anyway!
We started the morning with biscuits and gravy, one of his favorite breakfasts. Then he opened [...]
Brandon’s den meeting tonight finished up Bear Acheivement 20 which was working with tools and wood. They put together their tool boxes and got to use a saw (eek!) and a hammer. Brandon was very proud of his work. Their den leader even gave each boy a saw, hammer, a flat head screwdriver, a phillips [...]
Zach had a den meeting tonight. We worked on flag etiquette and learned how to properly display a U.S. flag in various situations, how to raise and lower the flag properly, and how to fold a flag. The boys got some hands on experience with folding the flag.
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We had our Pack meeting out at what is referred to as “Area D”. I am still not sure just how many “areas” there are to this base! Anyway, the boys worked on their softball belt loops and then we had a BBQ. It was really wet out (yeah, more rain!) but they did all [...]
The boys had their Boy Scout Pinewood Derby today. They started preparing their cars a couple of weeks ago. Dad helped with final details. The cars needed to weigh as close to 5 ounces as possible, without going over. So Dad added “engines” made out of old batteries and foil.
Zach’s car is the one closest [...]
Or Happy Easter!
We didn’t do much to celebrate. Of course, the Easter bunny made the long trip from the States (the Italians don’t do the Easter Bunny) and left the kids some candy. Our landlords gave each of the kids a big chocolate egg with a prize inside (Italian tradition), in addition to the two [...]
Alyssa is on “Spring Break” since Pasqua (Easter) is this Sunday. Today we went to Sacile to try and find a middle school that offers Italian language classes for adults. For free! We found the building, but I didn’t think about them being closed for Spring break as well. But at least I got the [...]
We had our first visitors, though they did not stay with us. My “Aunt” Toni (my mom’s best friend growing up) and “Uncle” Jim came to visit along with some of their friends from Germany (Alexandra, Stefan, Inge, Rolf, and Deeter~~hope I spelled all those right!). They came in Monday evening and stayed somewhere south [...]
