My BIG Cub Scout!!!

Tonight was Zach's first Pack Meeting!!  He got to do the state flag for the flag ceremony.  Then he got his Bobcat Patch and his Leave No Trace Patch.  It was so fun. Only having one son this is all so new to me and so neat.  I even got a pin and it was great having Zach be the one to pin it on. 

Thankful for Silly Kids!!!!

 So we have been blessed that our kids have VERY cute, funny and good personalities.  It's always been fun to watch as the kids grow, they start to figure out who they are and what they like.  Well here are a few examples of 2 of our silly kids -   Guess what Zach wants for Christmas????

So Dani.....oh Dani she has been such a joy and she's sooooo funny.  Well here's her Turkey from school of what she's thankful for. It says mom, dad, friends and.........DINNER!!  Now here's a funny story about Dani.  Every single and I mean EVERY SINGLE morning she wakes up, comes out to the family room after she got dressed and asks what's for dinner.  EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.  Now I have never forgot to feed her.  She has never missed a meal.  I make or order (ha ha ha) dinner every day!!!!  So I thought it was soooo very very funny that on her Turkey she had dinner.  Apparently dinner is very important to this little 6 year old.  But that's yet another funny thing from my funny silly kids!!!

Thankful for going out on a limb....

So this year the High School held a competition.  It was to design the game day t-shirt that students, parents and fans could wear on game days and to games.  It was open to all students K-12.  Michaela has always been good and trying any and all competitions so she got the forms and sat down to design a shirt.  The students were to design a front and a back and have them submitted and then judged. 
Now I'm a person who wants to encourage my kids but I also don't want them to get their hopes up and then crushed if they don't win.  So when Michaela showed me her design I thought it was really good and told her so.  I also cautioned her that it would be hard to beat kids a lot older than her.  She replied with a smile on her face "I know but I want to try"
So we've been waiting this last week on pins and needles for the Fall Spots Awards night where they were announcing the winner of the t-shirt contest.
At this point Jordynn said one day that she too had designed a t-shirt the day it was due and turned it in.  I never even got to see it.....
Well the big moment was last night.  They asked all the kids that had participated to come down and be recognized.  There was around 15 kids that had entered.  The judges did a neat thing where they picked a favorite front design and then a favorite back design so more students could win.  The judges had awarded a best design for each grade but there was only one winner.....Michaela got 2nd place!!!  OK so why is there a t-shirt with her design on it?  Well the booster club was kind enough to make a t-shirt for her so she could see what her t-shirt would look like.  And on that t-shirt was the girl that won 2nd place for the back design.  So although she didn't win she was soooo thrilled.  And she loves the idea that she has a one of a kind t-shirt.

I'm so proud when my kids go out and try anything and everything.  I tend to stay in my little cocoon and do what is safe and I'm happy to see my kids defy the odds and even though they may not win they at least can say they tried.

Thankful Notes

This year I'm trying to have more thank fullness in Thanksgiving.  I don't believe in skipping strait to Christmas on November 1 and I think that Thanksgiving is a great time to remind our kids of what they have and are blessed with.  And hopefully have some perspective before we are thrust into the throngs of Christmas Wishes!!!  So here's what I did, cut up cute Thanksgiving Scrap Book paper and posted them all over our french doors from our family room to living room.  Every day the kids and us parents pick a paper and write what we're thankful for.  One thing I've noticed is my children enjoy food.  Every morning as soon as she wakes up Dani asks me what's for dinner.  So it was no surprise when Dani wrote dinner as one thing she was thankful for.  It's been fun so far (9 days in) to see what my kids are thankful for.  I plan to save these and hopefully keep doing this for years to come.
One thing I'm thankful for is.....wood!  It's a pain in the butt to cut, split and stack but boy oh boy do I love it when my house is toasty warm on a cold winter morning!!