Pinewood Derby

We had our Pinewood Derby a few weeks ago. All of the boys had a blast racing their cars, and there were no tears. Here are the treats that I made for the event.

Our race cars.

Since we have allergies I had to make rice krispie treats. So I made Original, Chocolate, Orange and Peppermint.
Lovin' every minute of cub scouts.

Kate Relaxing

She just flops over Papa's lap and hangs out, she even falls asleep in this position.

Ain't It Great To Be Crazy

For Valentines day, Jon and I decided to get some children's songs for Brett. We ordered 150 fun songs for kids from Amazon, which you can find here. You can also listen to clips of the songs. For the most part they are super silly. Every morning Brett asks me to turn on these songs, and at bed time he wants me to sing them to him. Anyway there is this song on there called, "Boom, Boom Ain't it great to be crazy?" Which as of lately I think sums up my life. Brett seems to really enjoy this song, so every morning we start out our crazy day with it. Here are the extremely silly lyrics for this song.

A horse and a flea and three blind mice
Sat on a curbstone shooting dice
The horse he slipped and fell on the flea
"Whoops," said the flea, "There's a horse on me!"

Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

Way down South where bananas grow
A flea stepped on an elephant's toe
The elephant cried, with tears in his eyes
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"

Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

Way up North where there's ice and snow
There lived a penguin and his name was Joe
He got so tired of black and white
He wore pink slacks to the dance last night!

Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

Eli, Eli had some socks
A dollar a pair and a nickel a box
The more you wear 'em the better they get
And you put 'em in the water and they don't get wet!

Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

Called myself on the telephone
Just to hear that golden tone
Asked myself out for a date
Said be ready 'bout half-past eight!

Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

Took myself to the picture show
Sat myself on the very last row
Wrapped my arms around my waist
Got so fresh I slapped my face!

Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

Just so you know, it is great to be crazy. Wouldn't trade my craziness for anything.

RS Temple Trip

Every year the Relief Society goes to the temple together. Last year, I was pregnant and so emotions were running high as I sat in the endowment room. The spirit was so strong as I sat there with my beloved sisters all dressed in white. I made friendships there that day, that have blessed the lives of me and my family.

This year, I was a little distracted as I went through the session. I was put in charge of the luncheon, after the session. All through the session, I was so worried that I wouldn't have enough food. I felt so bad that I could not pay attention, and the my mind kept racing. As I sat in the Celestial Room, I closed my eyes and sent a plea to heaven. Praying for the extra help that I needed to be a good wife and mother. This overwhelming feeling came over me. It was warm, it was comforting. I started to cry, it was one of those feelings that I wish I could feel every day. It was this powerful love. I felt so loved. It is exactly what I needed.

The Luncheon was great, the food was a big hit. We had: Chicken Salad Sandwiches on Cessants, with Veggie tray, Jello Parfait, Cream Puffs and Lime water.

I needed to be there and I think that the decision to make me in charge of food was inspired.

Easter

So Easter was kind of crazy for us. We spent it down at Mom and Dad Wierschke's. I was looking forward to a great Easter/Conference weekend, sadly it didn't go that well. I came down with a massive migraine during the drive down. It go so bad that it put me in bed during Easter dinner. Jon's cold that he had for a week turned into a massive ear infection. Luckily we know a doctor down there, and he was able to help us out with a prescription. By Sunday evening, Jon was feeling tons better.

We did our Easter Egg hunt inside and we were all in our Jammies, so no pictures of the hunt in action. Here are the kids with their loot. *I just want to say that in my quest to lose baby weight, we had a candy free Easter, which is a big accomplishment for me.*


All in all we had fun and Conference was very inspiring.

Newest Members of the Family/Fish Tank

Our Fish tank started to grow brown algae and was taking over the whole tank. We went to the pet store after days of research, and got us some algae lovin' friends. After 8 hours, our tank was sparkling clean.

This is Alfie out Algae Eater. I love this little guy.This is Ike one of our Ghost Shrimp. Ghost shrimp are the greatest, you can watch their food go through them.
This is Mike, our other Ghost Shrimp. Sorry Uncle Mike, this shrimp was not named after you. We had to name them after a great duo, because they are great shrimp.

Our other Platys were acting wierd, so we bought a Rainbow blue platy. Brett named her Violet. Excuse the fish tank, I took this picture right after we got back from Conference and the weekend feeder is still in there.

Cub Scouts

My first pack meeting was a big flop. This month theme is flight. One of the requirements in the book that is related to flight is weather. So I was going to teach the boys about, why the sky is blue. Now I am not a scientist and I had to have Jon try the experiment and explain it to me a million times. Well I goofed up the experiment and pretty much lost the boys attention. One boy said, "Man, I should have stayed home." I felt like a big failure, until he said, "My hand hurts." He went on to tell me that he flew off of his bike, right before pack meeting and that he was hurting pretty bad. I felt a little better.

I successfully taught them how to make Popsicle stick airplanes, which shatter on impact, and they LOVED it. I should have known that they would love anything that got destroyed. I really need to start thinking like a boy.

Last week, we did pinewood derby prep, which I was of no use to the boys. Instead I entertained those who were done with their cars. I brought a bucket of water, a quarter, several pennies, and a bag of candy. The boy that could drop a penny and have it land on the quarter got a piece of candy. None of the boys were successful, and kept begging me to let them try again.

I'm Lovin' Scouts.