Day 148

LilCrockett playing on the playground with his cousin, Merrik, who has a broken arm….these two are best buds when they are together.

 

Scavenger hunt for nature items….

LilCrockett and the twins after the scavenger hunt…

And again with my mom….

Day 147

After a 5-hour long trip in the car, we arrived at the campground in southern Missouri at about 8:30pm.  Once we got there, we had to unpack and make the beds in the cabin, so there was really no time for pictures.  Here are a few that I took of some wild mushroooms the next day.  Now if I actually posted on the days that I take the photos, this couldn’t happen; but by the magic of back-dating posts, it can.

Day 146

We are going camping this weekend, so I spent the evening doing laundry, cleaning, and packing.  Kind of crazy to clean before I leave but I like to come home to a clean house.  If I don’t, I get pretty stressed.  Who wants to walk in the door late in the day after a 3-day weekend and feel like you need to clean.  No thanks.  Now this strategy doesn’t always work for me as I don’t always have the extra time (I am a procrastinating packer!), but I strive for this.  So happy it worked out this time.

But since I was so busy getting ready for our trip, I took zero pictures today.  And I’m not even going to post some old ones.  We’ll just move along to tomorrow, especially since I’m sure I will have tons of camping pictures to share.

Day 145

It was rainy and stormy tonight, so I only got a few photos.  Here is one of LilCrockett vegging on the living room floor.

I thought I’d also share some photos from his baseball game on Saturday.  I didn’t share them then because that day’s post was already long enough with the Girls on the Run event photos.

Rounding the bases…

Sliding into home base…

Guarding 1st base…

Day 144

No pictures today, so I’ll share one I took yesterday at work on my iphone.  One of my coworkers won a custom cake at a fundraiser and she brought it in for everyone to see since we work for a conservation agency.  Everything on the cake is completely edible. 

The catfish is made out of rice crispy treats and the sandbar is made out of cake.  And there’s lots of fondant as well (base, hook, fins, etc.).  Pretty darn cool, huh?!!  It was quite a conversation piece around the office.

Day 143

Tonight was Middle School Orientation night and at the start of the event, the 4th graders were going to sing a song.  The neighbors volunteered to watch LilCrockett so the night would be all about GothGirl.  I opted to take the point and shoot camera as I wasn’t sure how good the lighting would be and if there would be many opportunities for taking photos.  In hindsight, I wish I’d taken my Canon instead as the lighting was great and my point and shoot battery died after taking 2 photos.  Ugh!  It turns out that the kids were on stage longer than I expected too.  They all had to learn how to play the recorder and so they put on a mini concert for us.  Each class got to play a new song and then all 5 classes would play it together.  So, the kids were on stage for a total of 11 songs (10 playing the recorder and 1 singing). 

Here are some pics from my point and shoot and my iphone (which I pulled out when the camera died).  You can barely see GothGirl as she is in the next to last row (wearing a turquoise shirt & wearing glasses).

 

And so you can enjoy their musical talents, I thought I’d post some video.  A first on this blog.

Recorder Fun!

 

Singing Fun!

Cute, huh?!!

After the concert, we heard from the Middle School principal & teachers.  Then we were released to check out the 5th grade classrooms and the rest of the school.  GothGirl pretty much ditched us to pal around with her friends, but we were close on their heels and I made them pose for a picture.  These girls are so excited to start Middle School in the fall.  Me, I’m a little sad that they are growing up so fast.

Day 142

We had warm, sunny days here yesterday afternoon and today which meant that the kids were itching for some water fun.  The neighbors don’t have their pool open yet, so the kids requested a little slip and slide action.  Yesterday they got creative (with the help of the neighbor girls) and used a sprinkler, tarp, blow-up raft, and boogey boards.

LilCrockett

GothGirl

Then today, my neighbor purchased a cheap slip-and-slide, which they paired with a blow-up tube to make a bump in their ride.  Later, they added a tarp to the end to lengthen their slide.

Lupa

LilCrockett

Fun times indeed!