Gingerbread House

We finally got around to doing our holiday gingerbread house. I'm not sure how we put it off for so long since the boys love, love, love to do these. They did a great job and, as usual, ate more candy and frosting than got onto the house. Isn't that how it is suppose to work?

Pinewood Derby

The Pinewood Derby must be one the most important rites of passage in a young boy's life. It is fun, competitive, imaginative and something that all boys look forward to as a Cub Scout. Our packs's derby was tonight and it was crazy. With so many boys participating and all their families cheering them on, it was a packed house. We set up the track in the gym and roped it off for safety purposes. The boys were able to race their cars quite a bit and we figured out a complex racing system so that each boy competed against every other boy in their den. The boys loved it because their turn to race came up often. The cars looked great and I know the boys and their dads really put some work into each one. Greg loved helping Gavin, but Gavin was completely in charge with Greg providing support and asking the right question to get Gavin thinking in the right direction.

They must have done something right because Gavin took first place in his den (the Bears) and he took second place out of the entire pack by just 1/2 of second! He was so happy and a bit disappointed at the same time. I am so proud of him!

Running Away

Enoch gave Mom quite a scare today. While in the shower (a quick 5-minute shower), Enoch disappeared. Mom looked everywhere in the house and backyard. Then she noticed some small boot prints in the snow on the driveway (luckily it was barely snowing). She followed the boot prints all the way to Mortensen’s before she saw Enoch walk around the corner with a strange women. Enoch was wearing his jammies, boots, coat and backpack. This kind woman said she saw him by the reservoir pond by himself and thought that wasn’t right. Enoch was cold and wanted to go home and he was showing her the way home. He was on his way to school to find Gavin. For days after he kept telling us, “Enoch run, car back up”. Apparently he knows not to talk to strangers, but not to walk to the school by himself!