Early Fall activities

Sarah before braces

Sarah right after the braces were applied but before they started hurting.

Howard and I were able to take Sarah, Laura and Adam to Cub Scout Family Camp.  They were able to make corn husk dolls, do leather stamping, archery, animal tracks, orienteering, work on Whittling Chips, Adam worked on Bear Necessities, and we just had fun.

They did archery 3 times!

Once our Webelos den started meeting, the kids planned and budgeted for their Cast Iron Chef award  Their totally balanced meal was steak kabobs, hot dogs, grilled pineapple and a dutch oven peach cobbler.  They thoroughly enjoyed it.

Emma's Girl Scout Troop planned and budgeted for a trip to Disney's California Adventures.  They sold enough cookies to get tickets through the Disney Youth Education Series.  We all made our own ears and one of the moms made shirts for us.  

Emma, me and Grace

The Disney photographer insisted that we act scared.  We thought it was a clever addition to the Halloween decor.

The kids are listening to their guide teach them about animation

While most of the troop watched the Frozen show, I hung out with these 3, plus some new friends

Emma with her buddy Aimee.  That guy in the background refused to move, and was in all of our pictures at the entrance!

Emma made Rapunzel ears, I made Nemo/Dory ears

After dark, the Guardians ride gets a little more creepy.  This was our last ride of the night.  we are second row on the right.

On September 30, the last day of the Girl Scout year, Emma's troop all bridged up to join Emma as Seniors.  After this picture, the crazy girls jumped into the non-heated pool.  They grew from just 3 girls last summer to 6 this summer, which is pretty unusual for girls this age.  They mostly get along, which is a bonus.