Korb the Bear

Pack meeting was pretty sweet for Korbin last night. He received his Bear patch, had a great time playing some games with friends and also had a rice crispy treat! Does it get much better than that?

Most of the credit for this patch goes to his den leaders (thanks Malinate). Korbin still enjoys scouts. He'll be sewing his new patch on his scout shirt himself. Those patches are tricky and a pain to sew on straight. Maybe he'll have better luck than mom.

Experiment

What do you get when you mix Mentos and diet Coke together???

Happy kids with fun facial expressions!

( I had to give a little science lesson at school on Monday. My friend Erin told me about this little experiment so I went with it. It was such a huge success with the kids at school I had to bring it home as well. )

Cross Country and Snow Shoeing

For President's Day we took the kids on a little outdoor activity. Cross country skiing and snow shoeing.
All the fresh snow from this past weekend made the skiing 10X better then expected. This is Maddie's first time and Jason's as well. They did great! Mads did very well and left me way behind a few times. It's nice to know she catches on quickly, it gives me time to get my act together and have time to practice. Jason had a blast taking plenty of pictures of me during the first run. Most of which I was on the ground for. I did much better during the 2nd round. Korbin likes cross country a lot and just did his own thing.

The snow shoeing was awesome! Lots of snow. Maddie and Korbin took turns being the leader and we ended up on top of a mountain. 

We can't wait to go back again but with sunglasses next time!

V Day

Today is Valentine's Day.
Good memories for the day...
* Mads(after a small discussion) let me do her hair like I wanted to.
*A girl in school today announced over the phone to Jackie I was her favorite teacher. She's so darn cute. She's definitely gotten attached to me and I to her.
 *Korbin didn't whine when he had to go with me to pick up Jason's gift after school. We raced down to the store and came home to find Jason already home. He knew I had procrastinated in buying his gift when we walked in late.
* Two happy kids with buckets full of candy.
* Del Taco Chilli's for 4 tonight!
* A dozen roses and a Snickers for me.

Coming up...

is a fun month for Maddie! She's turning 8.

 Here's the deal...when our kids turn an even number of years we give them an option of having a friend birthday party. Of course no one has ever said no or has in the past asked a different request. Leave it to Maddie to request a family/friend party. Huh? I've never done one of those before. Silly mom had ask for clarification from her. I immediately called Kati for help seeing as she's always had a family/friend party for her kids. I don't even know where to begin but I'm sure we'll figure it out. 

The exciting part of her turning 8 is that she gets to be baptized. She's thrilled! In her journal the day after our temple sealing she wrote how she wants to wear her temple dress for her baptism too. I'm praying it still fits. Then there's the light dinner after the baptism. This might be a lot smaller than I had originally planned seeing as I now have a family/friend party to work on. A busy month but an exciting month.