Cupcakes

I made cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies today for a Scout meeting, hoping to bring in some extra funds to boost the program a bit. That part wasn't too successful but the snacks went over well.

 

I needed a table cloth and a mid-level decoration... Next month will be better... It's a Birthday Party!!

Just a Pic

This might simply be my favorite pic ever of Pebbles.

The Morning Routine

Pinky loves to do what Mommy does so it was no surprise to see her with my make-up sponge this morning and it was easy to catch this on my phone camera.

Trash or Treasure

We'll soon find out.

I'm on the committee for our Scout District Dinner and I've been tasked with making the centerpieces. This is my first sketch of the first idea that popped in my head. I'm sure I'll have more, there's a few floating around in there, none as cheap or as tacky as "the way it's been done".

Please feel free to leave your remarks on the idea as well as the photo.

Go See It

Cub Scouts call a field trip a "Go See It" and today my Den went to Centennial Heritage Museum. I was, unfortunately, an hour late and half an hour before the museum closed. My calendar was off and I'm not sure how it happened but it will not happen again, I'm determined to triple check everything now.
The museum was nice, what we saw of it. There's a small schoolroom, a dress up room for the kids to play in, a bathroom, kitchen, laundry set-up outside, a blacksmith shop, a hiking trail, and other fun sights. I plan on taking The Bambinos back during the summer so we can see all of it.

Pebbles tried on the dress-up.

The Angel and Pebbles enjoyed walking around.

And then there was this treasure. My grandmother had one just like it. I remember spending a lot of time playing on the lower pedal with my cousins. She never used it so far as I remember, but it was always there, always ready it seemed. I've always wondered what happened to it.

What is it?

Better yet... what could it be?

I've been working with these two skeins of yarn on and off for a few weeks trying to get the right project going. They're a little resistant to my efforts. They really could be anything; hats, scarves, blankets, mittens, socks.... the options are almost limitless. Except that I really can only maybe get a decent looking beanie or a halfway decent scarf or a small shawl. So in the hands of a semi-trained person, the options diminish. If I were to receive more instruction and open myself up to learning more about yarn craft, the potential for these unrealized mediums opens back up immeasurably.

What is your potential? What else can you learn? What can you help others learn? How can you help others grow and grow yourself along the way?

Shoes

If there's one thing that's totally upside down and inside out about my life it's feeling comfortable in shoes! See, I'm a flip flop chick. But for my Scout meetings I have to wear a uniform and with my uniform I have to wear my sneakers. I kicked and screamed and fought so hard, just ask Daddy Bear. I did.not.want.sneakers. But now I look forward to pulling on that uniform and tying up my kicks about once a week for one meeting or the other.

It's nice to know that I'm making a change in the lives of a few kids, one hour at a time, as well as a change in my life.