Hooray for Aunt Mary!

One day recently we had a neighbor boy over to play. When I came inside after talking to his mom, he and the kids were at the table playing Uno with Bill. I said, "Hey, your Aunt Mary just showed up if you want to go say 'hi'." He didn't budge, but every one of our kids jumped from their seats with shouts of "Aunt Mary!"

I said, "Not your Aunt Mary. His Aunt Mary." which was received with a squeal of glee from him and groans of disappointment from our kids.

Bill and I looked at each other for a second and then said to them:

"You don't have an Aunt Mary!"

DC Trip--by Thomas

Thomas and Anthony went to Washington DC for a weekend with their Boy Scout Troop.  They toured the monuments, museums and Congress.  

This picture is an orb. When you look through it, it shows you things upside down.

A group photo of our "team".

Anthony and I.

Here we are in the Old Post Office.

The lake in the sculpture garden is amazing. Don't you think?

The National Zoo.

Snake,

snake,

more snake.

Scouty Stuff

I must get a little caught up since we've had two birthdays already and are about to have two more.  But first I have to share:

Charles came in second at the Pinewood Derby!
He went to regionals but didn't place.

Also, 3 kids and I went "camping" with scouts this past weekend.  Unfortunately we left our house at 6:30 am Sat and were home again by 11:30 pm because of a thunderstorm.  However, we pitched a tent and then unpitched it in the dark and rain, went to Mass, ate s'mores, and had a lot of fun.  What more does sleeping in the tent add, right?

At the Catholic Camporee--Boy Scouts taught fire building, and that's what our kids did all day.

The girls loved it too!  I was in charge of helping kids make tye-dyed t-shirts so I didn't know what they were up to.   Good parental supervision, right?

Our AHG friends loaned us poles and bait so we could fish. 

That is one happy camper!

Don't I look like a star bellied sneech?