Today I went with B to the fire station. They were kind enough to put the ladder truck out and put the ladder all the way up---95 feet. Two Moms went up. I have no regrets that neither of the Moms was me. B was with members of the Dream Team at school---a group that is community conscious and trying to make the world a better place. (3rd graders and 1st graders.) 
I've been adding on the activity patches on the back of B's Girl Scout vest. These are not the ones she earns---those go on the front, and they're small round ones. We have a few more patches coming for activities this year. 
This is the best of the bunch!
Saturday night there was a Daddy-daughter Luau for the Girl Scouts at the Kappa Delta house. Larry was a good sport and took her, after we'd been on campus all day doing the badge fest. Larry shaved off his beard and mustache!
I picked this one for today's photo because it's one of the few I took only for the look of the photo, not who or what was in it. I took two Girl Scouts to the Scouting Out A&M event this Saturday, and this is on campus. I love walking through this part of campus with the beautiful trees. I'm adding the other photos of that day on another post on my other blog.
It's softball night, and the Blast lost again. :-( This is B's second at bat, and this particular shot was foul. I was glad she was making contact with the ball. Small victories. She got an RBI (the only score of the game) a couple of pitches later, but was tagged out before she got to first base.
This rabbit has been grazing in our yard. I shot this through the window and with a zoom.
This student of mine (and her Mom) made this birthday cake for me for my birthday on the 16th.
What the kids are reading today:
T his dinner was colorful (and I hadn't taken a photo yet that day!), I had to photograph it. I used a recipe off the bottle of General Tso's Sauce, and it was delicious. The kids even liked it!
A big bunch of fluffy stuff was in an old flower pot on the deck. I went over to move it, and I realized it looked like a nest, with a hole for an opening. When I looked inside, this is what I saw. Isn't that cool?
Saturday was all about the softball.
I saw this while driving in our downtown area near the library. I always thought bluebonnets liked hillsides, but apparently they can grow just about everywhere!
I took this of a spider in our school garden today. (Sorry, Granny! I know you don't like them.) At least he was outside and not in. Aren't those bean plants healthy looking? Next week I think I'm going to thin out our plants.
Last week we made steppong stones with the kids and this week we placed them in the garden. Now our garden is much more accessible. I was surprised we had to explain that the stones were for stepping on----not on the plants! They just wanted to jump right on the plants when they were on the stones. Ug! I think we'll get them trained, though. 
Here's B's uniform for this softball season. They had their first game tonight---and lost. :-(
This is one more from the show. This scene is Extreme Sports and these guys are sportscasters reacting to some bad fall or something. 
J had a show this weekend called Channel Surfing. This is a scene called OCPOCK (Overly Committed Parents with Overly Committed Kids). These are the parents---and J's character is really on edge!
This was a success! This is dinner #2 from chicken cooked in a crock pot. (The first was the chicken that night, then the third was a chicken taco soup.) Also this is significant because the casserole dish is a birthday gift from my dad. Thanks, Dad! I love it! You know me!
I like this picture even though it's a different! I was helping at a sleepover for our Girl Scouts. We finished up a cooking badge, cooking afterschool snack, dinner, and breakfast.
Today we made the girls pick up trash at a nearby park during the second part of the GS meeting. They didn't really like that! But the weather was beautiful and it was good to be outside.
April Fools!
