A Birthday Surprise–For All of Us!

In yesterday’s post about Brock’s birthday, I wrote that we all had an unplanned surprise for his special day!  Well, here it is:  meet our newest guinea pig, Chip!
Now for the story:  We got our first two guinea pigs back in May as part of John’s pets merit badge requirements for Boy Scouts.  Dan brought [...]

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Cub Scout/Caravan Field Trip

 

On Tuesday of this past week, my Caravan girls joined Luke’s Wolf Cub Scout den on a field trip to our local fire station.  This was a special treat because our town got a brand new fire station only a few months ago.  So, it was interesting to see this new, spacious, up-to-date facility.   The [...]

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Boy Scout Popcorn

We have been busy selling Boy Scout popcorn for several weeks.  It is really not our favorite thing in the world to do, but it is important to support the organization so there are funds for the boys to use throughout the year.  So, we do what we can.
In the past, we have gone door-to-door, [...]

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Boy Scout Court of Honor

Last night John’s Boy Scout troop had a Court of Honor to give the boys the awards that they have earned during the past few months.  John moved up in rank to Second Class.  He is actually very close to completing the First Class requirements and should get that advancement at the next Court of [...]

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A Beka Academy Week 6 Update: 5th Grade Mammal Poster

Today Brock finished his mammal poster for his 5th grade science class.  He had a lot of fun making it because he loves our guinea pigs so much!  He enjoyed being able to put pictures of our pets on his poster.  He still needs to put together an oral report for school, but he will [...]

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Another Year of Caravan

This week the girls and I started back with our weekly Caravan meetings.  We had taken off most of the summer, but since the boys are getting back into scouts, it was time for the girls to start up again too.
We still have a couple of badges to earn from our first book, and then [...]

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A Beka Academy P.E.

We are enrolled in A Beka Academy DVD Program 1, which is the Academy’s accredited program.  We have to regularly send in papers and reports on our kids’ progress and follow their program to the letter.
This year was the first year that we encountered the required P.E. class.  It is currently required in 7th, 8th, [...]

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Camping in the Back Yard

The girls have patiently waited for their turn to sleep in a tent.  They have watched their brothers go to various camps and really haven’t complained too much, but they have hinted pretty strongly that they would like a turn sometime too.  Well, Dan is such a good Daddy!  This weekend after going to camp [...]

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Scout Merit Badge Camp

This past weekend, Dan took all three of the boys to a Boy Scout/Cub Scout camp whose focus was on merit badges.  All three of my boys came home very happy with what they accomplished.
John took a class for the Eagle Scout required merit badge of Citizenship in the Nation.  We had worked on quite [...]

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Guinea Pig Tricks

Our family is continuing to enjoy our pet guinea pigs.  As I wrote in earlier entries, we got them so John could complete the requirements for the Boy Scout Pets merit badge, so he has been the one feeding them, cleaning the cage, etc.  They really have become family pets, though, and it is a [...]

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