Cookie Celebration 2010

Here they are, my hard working Girl Scouts. Last night was the 2010 Cookie Celebration Dinner. Allard and I accompanied the girls for their very important moment as they received their plaque for selling over 1000 boxes of cookies each. This is the first time our Council has met their cookie selling goal and they sold over 385,843 boxes. Of course on a table right next to us Little Brownie Bakers had set up a display of next years incentives and patches. Evie looked at all of the things and when she spotted the 2011 patch, she pointed and stated "want it". If you don't hear from me during February and March, take heart for me. And if I don't surface by the end of March next year, you know that I have gone on to cookie heaven. HAHAHA

Off We Go..................

Off we go into the wild blue yonder. Ok, so not so blue, the forecast is calling for 90% chance of rain during our outing. So in go the warm clothes and out go the spring things. (HAHAHAHA) Since we will be gone for the weekend, I will not be able to blog. I will post photos after I come back. Lizzy has asked if she gets to drive to the campsite in Canada, and since we will only be traveling with our family in our car I told her why not. She is very excited, this will be a good three hour drive and mostly on highway, so she will get her learning in good.

Packing, Packing, .....Did I Forget Anything?

Friday, afternoon we are embarking on a very important endeaver. International Scout Camping. Lizzy, Allard and I are going to Dorchester Canada Camp. Lizzy has went in the past with her Girl Scout Troop, and Allard and I have gotten his Boy Scout Troop to go as well, so both kids will be with their Troops and I get to go as an adult scout. I will tent with the boys group and Lizzy will be about 20 yards with the girls. This is a very large event that is hosted every year in a large field. It's like a jamboree, but with 100's of activities for the scouts to do and there ther scout groups are co-ed. Since this is mothers day weekend, I will be spending most of the day the Lizzy and Allard, and get home in the late afternoon to be with Evie. I was going to take her, but because we need to cross with border cards or passports, it was easier just to pay for mine and Allards. Lizzy got her passport last year.

Best Intentions

Here is Evie making a tornado.

Well, I missed a day of posting. And I was dong so well. On to the next posting I guess, and see what comes out. I have had a very busy time. The car wouldn't work and so we were down to one car again. We needed to be at two places at the same time, and then found out, oops, one of these place we needed to be had been cancelled for the day. So children were dropped off and left waiting (one hour) for someone to pick them back up.

Laid Back Sunday

Today is our first day in a very long time to be laid back and do nothing day. We need it after all tomorrow will be a hard day. Jeff's car is not working again. I am really mad, we just had it worked on in November and now it doesn't work. We had finally had some time with two cars and it was nice to not have to think about every trip we need to make during the week to make sure everyone got where they needed to be and home again. Example somehow Lizzy and Allard need to be at swim and Evie needs to be at Skating all at 6pm tomorrow.

Detroit Science Center

Today we went to the Detroit Science Center. We went to see the Accidental Mummies Exhibit, which was really good and a little weird too. The center came up with a really great exhibit to showcase this event, so much so that it is being used intact on its roadshow and will end its journey all around the world back in Mexico where they came from. If you get a chance to see this exhibit in your area you should go. They do warn that it is graphic for children under thirteen, however Evie and the other girls in her girl scout troop seemed to be OK with it once they understood the history of this exhibit. Part of the overall package at the center was that you also got to go into the planetarium and the IMAX. So we saw "What's up there" at the planetarium and the Alps at the IMAX.

Throughout my blogging days ahead I will of course post more pictures from the DIA and Detroit Science Center.