Camping Capers

My parents took us camping at Sibley this weekend. It was very hot and humid, but still fun. That is, until the storms arrived the second night and chased us home. We bugged out just in time to hear the tornado sirens wailing as we raced home up Washington. Here are some pics from the first night.


Curt provided the best entertainment of the weekend when he tried to pop a Jiffy Pop over the campfire, despite direct warnings on the pacakge not to heat it over an open fire.


It mostly worked, however, even after falling into the fire toward the end. We then entertained ourselves further by throwing the unpopped kernels into the fire and watching them pop out.


Mom and Kassy


Curt and Kassy

Thanks for a fun time, Mom and Dad!

Kaleidoscope 2009

Live music! Dancing! Fun!

Kaleidoscope is Tuesday and Wednesday, and you are invited.

The Chorus Line looks dy-no-mite! We're doing two numbers: RESPECT and Stayin' Alive.

Get there early because it usually sells out.

Scout Oath Bike Ride

Tonight was the Scout Oath bike ride, which ran along the riverfront trails for a total of about 10 miles. Dylan and I mostly enjoyed the event, although it was sometimes difficult in a group of 52 bikes. There were two more groups of about 50 behind us, so it was a big event.

It wasn't too hard to make it through the ride itself because there were five pitstops along the route. The toughest part was the ride home, which was all uphill. I hadn't ridden a bike for years, and had to borrow a bike for the ride, but I did ok. We'll see how I feel tomorrow!

Lemonade!

The boys and a friend put up a lemonade stand on our corner yesterday. There were four garage sales on our block, so there was loads of traffic, and the weather was hot enough to bring many, many customers. My job was to keep the lemonade iced and flowing.

Many generous people paid more than the asking price, and the boys thought it was pretty cool when a police officer stopped and bought a cup. They had a lot of fun, even providing car-side service to those drivers who just pulled up to the curb. After three hours, they each netted about $10 and the satifaction of a successful business venture.

Little Drummer Boy

Dylan starts band this year, and he chose percussion as his instrument. No pressure from us - honestly! I do think he's made a good choice because he's got great rhythm.

He's taking a few lessons from Brad this summer, so we got him his snare and bell kit this weekend. He was so thrilled that he didn't even mind posing for pictures.

Day Camp Fun

This week was Cub Scout Day Camp, which was a complete success.




Archery


BB guns - Dylan's favorite activity





Climbing wall - Connor's favorite activity


Egg drop. Since this is Dylan's last year of day camp, he intentionally packed his egg so that it wouldn't survive. He got his wish.


Connor's egg survived the drop, and he earned the special iridescent bead.

Two Wheels

Today was the day! Connor learned to ride his bike.

He had not been very interested in learning, but on about his third successful ride down the sidewalk he said, "You were right, Mom. This is fun!"

I doubt I'll hear that line many more times.