April 14, 2013

• So, we had our General Conference review, led by Errolyn, for FHE and it turned out really good. Cameron and Errolyn took some really great notes. I taught Music Playtime again on Tuesday and then in the evening Mike and I had to divide and conquer. I took Emma to Cameron’s National Junior Honor’s Society induction and Mike took Logan to Errolyn’s choir concert. Then we both dropped them off at the church for Scouts and Activity Days.

  On Wednesday, I had my yearly OB appointment (NO, I am NOT pregnant), but the doctor got called to an emergency surgery so I was there quite a while. Mike had to come home at lunch and pick up Emma from playgroup because I was there so long. But, I was able to read a lot in my Stock book so that was good. Later that evening I sorted music at some of the church libraries. Emma had her dance class again and did much better this time at paying attention and actually… dancing. On Friday morning, Emma and I went to the elementary school to see the Science Hat Museum. To help the 5th grader’s prepare for the state Science Test coming up, they assigned a science word to every child in the school and they created a hat based on the word. They displayed all of the hats, with the science word on the front, in a “museum” at the school. Logan had “condensation” and built a really tall palm tree on his hat with condensation drops on the leaves. Errolyn had “thermal energy” and built a giant volcano off the top of her hat… needless to say, our kids had some of the tallest hats, although many of the hats were very creative.

  The kids had early release on Friday, I went to a Farmer’s Market, and then the Scouting activities began. At 6:30pm Cameron’s friend Josh came over so they could do their assessments for their Personal Fitness Merit Badge again. Then at 7:30pm all of the street friends and several from church came over for a Geohunt Cameron had to do for his Geocaching Merit Badge. He hid 4 different bags of candy and they went on a treasure hunt with the GPS coordinates. Then at 8pm, he built a fire and had a program where people told funny stories, jokes, skits, and did crazy cheers for his Communications Merit Badge. It turned out well and the kids all enjoyed themselves. We were worried about the burn ban, but the fire marshal told us the guidelines for building personal fires, so we just had to build up the fire pit a little taller and then Mike built a metal screen for the pit. At the end, the kids all had s’mores.

  On Saturday, Cameron went to a Merit Badge Workshop and finished his Communications Merit Badge. Logan played a t-ball game and hit and threw really well. Mike and I went and saw “Oz, the Great and Powerful” last night and I enjoyed it. I expected it to be hokey, but I ended up really enjoying it and it had a good ending. The kids all want to see it now, but they are saving up money for their movie tickets.

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