Blue and Gold Banquet

Pack 85 celebrated BSA's birthday yesterday at the Blue and Gold Banquet. Our Den sang "If You're a Cub Scout and You Know It" and feasted on pizza and ice cream sundaes. The theme was "Survivor" so the Scouts participated in fun games and broke into tribes. They even had fun toppings for the sundaes :) Little boy heaven! Dave is furiously working to get our Den all caught up for the Tiger Cub achievements so our Den can move up to the Wolf rank next year.

The Saints

Jack's soccer team, the Saints, played a COLD game of soccer today. Jack scored a goal and played some awesome defense. His academy training is paying off :) Go Saints!!

Oh, brother!

Here are my pitiful children huddled together for warmth tonight at soccer practice. I somehow managed to lock my keys in the van and didn't realize what I had done until after Jack finished his practice. God was watching over me though because a sweet neighbor came to my rescue and brought me spare keys from home! We were back in the warmth of home in no time :)

Cinnamon roll King Cake

I rolled a pack of cinnamon rolls together to form a king cake tonight for the boys. I drizzled the icing around and let them sprinkle the sugar around. They said it was the best king cake that they've ever had. It got me to thinking that I'm sure if I had a king cake straight out from the oven, I'd think the same thing! :)

Life these days

Spring soccer is in full swing around here. I was amazed at the jump in skill level from when Jack played last Spring. Jack is on the Saints team this year and has practice on Tuesdays with his team, Thursdays with the Academy coaches (specialized skills), and games on Saturdays. If I turn up missing you'll know where to come look for me! Ha ha. He loves it and I love that it's a positive channel for his little boy energy.

Theo and Jack have been making tons of Valentine's for family and school friends. Theo signed his name this year to all of his school Valentine's. He's giving out smash balloons. You smash the package and it inflates to a small balloon. Jack is giving out ring pops this year.

Here is Jack hard at work on his Tuesday homework. Tuesday's are the toughest homework-wise all because of sentences! He has to formulate his own sentences using his core vocabulary words. I'm being knit-picky about his handwriting since I've noticed a decline (he's rushing and being sloppy) so I make him re-do any words/letters that are not legible. His teacher is also working with me to grade him tougher with handwriting so he will keep it up at school. He is such a hard worker and I'm super proud of him.

Dr. Seuss baby shower

Theo and I attended a baby shower for a family friend today and it was adorable! Cousin's Katie and Dianne threw the shower and really came up with a cute theme and decorations. Lauren raked in presents and should have a nice start to welcoming her baby boy in March. Isn't her bump adorable??

100th day of school

Theo's teacher sent me these pictures from last week's 100th day of school celebration. They counted out Fruit Loops and then made necklaces with them.