Fanny....

We bought a new fan the other day to try to combat this ghastly heat.....correction, Shane bought a fan, of course it's industrial strength....

Which means that it's all kinds of blasto fun! We've already had paper tossing, air plane flying and voice changing competitions....which means that it's definitely Buddy approved. So all in all a super fantastic, getting blasted, but not really in a good way, day!

Arrow of Light-Saber....

Last night we had another Arrow of Light/Pack Ceremony. The boys wanted  Star Wars Lego themed, so they got Lego Star Wars themed...We have some seriously creative parents in our midst.....

Talk about getting into the scheme of things....

FYI-the only time Legos came into play was as centerpieces for the kids to make space craft at the tables while they were eating, waiting, whatever else they were really doing at the tables! 

I even made paper Darth Vader masks for the little cubs to go to battle against the "Arrow of Light Saber " graduates, unfortunately I have no pictures of that....or of the garbage compactor that we sent the AOL boys through.....or all of the cubs practicing using the force (keeping a ball in the air using their light saber). But I do have pictures of this....

Not sure what "this" really is, but it looks pretty chaotic! Thankfully all my little cubs  finally played dead at the end ....otherwise we would have been there all night. The boys had a blast....well, minus the one that got hit in the eye with a light saber-other than that kid, they all had a blast. I am now officially retired as a Cub Master (truthfully I bullied my way in to doing one last pack night to show the new Cub Master the correct way to throw a party (OK, I just wanted him to know how we like to roll in our pack)). Now I will resume my role as Webelos den leader....at least until Buddy gets his Arrow of Light, then I'm thinking I'll bully my way in again. I copied a lot of things from this blog, and then revamped it to fit us a little bit better. I think Yoda is who put us over the edge of greatness, I'm pretty certain Yoda needs to make an appearance at every pack night from here on out!  So all in all a super fantastic, Arrow of Light Sabered out, day!

Curses....

Not sure what's been happening, but I've been slacking on the blog in exchange for actually going to bed at a reasonable time! Weird concept...right? I've also missed looking at Buddy's teacher's blog....which totally means I missed this awesomeness from school on Monday....

Yep, that's Buddy in a lava suit! In other news, Buddy and I started looking at genealogy last night. If the connections on family search are correct we are related to Edward III, King of England, and then a host of Kings, Queens and Emperors along the lines (which makes sense due to the serious inbreeding of royal lines back then). Buddy was so excited to tell his friends, even though it was over 700 years ago, he was pretty sure that made him a big deal! While he was at school, I started scouring the lines looking for a Cherokee grandmother somewhere along my dad's line (at least there is one according to my aunt). I found her, Nokalakee Walkingstick, born 1756....then I found the article stating that her "son" (who is my 6th great grandfather) made not only her name, but her Native American roots to get the census workers to stop pestering him in the late 1700's as a "prank". Hmmm, no Native American heritage, but a heritage of pranksters! Yep, that sounds about right. So all in all a super fantastic, drats and double drats, day!

Focus!

Buddy has been attempting to complete a project for school all week. To say he keeps getting distracted is a bit of an understatement....

Thankfully his project is all done.....not so thankfully, his assignment was writing a paper all about him. Normally, that would be great, but somehow Buddy finally focused on something and it turns out it's my lady bits, that according to his paper "exploded like a grenade".   Well, now, let's focus on something else! So all in all a super fantastic, boom, day!

Baby sitter extraordinaire....

Buddy would have made a great big brother. Today we watched my friend's kid for a little bit. As soon as his mom left, Buddy put turned on his CD player and popped in a CD of kids music I used to play for him when he was little. Then he proceeded to entertain using baby talk....

I may be biased, but I'm pretty certain there are A LOT of kids missing out on not having Buddy as their big brother! So all in all a super fantastic, kids, day! 

Tomatoes....tom-a-toes....

Buddy likes to do leg kicks from the comfort of his moving scooter....

Buddy is officially a WEIRDO! So all in all a super fantastic, peeing like a dog, day!

Awkwardly Awkward....

Yesterday I fell while tipping over a wheelbarrow full of dirt. When I say fell, I really mean an extremely  graceful  tumble that somehow ended with my leg wrapped several times around the wheelbarrow handle. Today I went to the hospital for an X-Ray. Tonight, this happened.....

I'm hoping for a speedy recovery of  his acute case of the goof-offs, but truthfully I'm not holding my breath on that one! So all in all a super fantastic, sprained, not broken, day!

Pumped up....

We started a new workout regime today....

I think all that hard work is already paying off.....

So all in all a super fantastic, beefed up, day!

Hogwarts....

While walking Buddy home from school today he told me about getting to "mix a lot of potions during school today". I'm just wondering when he enrolled in Hogwarts? 

At least he already has his pet to take with him so I don't have to rush out and buy an owl! 

So all in all a super fantastic, becoming a wizard in no time, day! 

Sing-a-long....

Buddy got in trouble at school again today for singing in class...Being the thinker he is, he came up with a fail-safe plan to keep him out of singing trouble. A replacement Buddy that is guaranteed to not sing during class......

I wonder if his teacher will notice?

Better yet, I wonder if he would even care? So all in all a super fantastic, singing our heads off and getting in trouble for it, day! 

Just call me Popeye!

Buddy and I ride our bikes/scooters to school every morning (so far, of course we're only in our second week of school). Buddy wanted to take the easy route and just have me drive him there. When I told Buddy we needed the exercise so I wouldn't be fat.....he looked me up and down and then said "you're not fat.....well, except your arms. Your arms are gigantic"!!!! Sheesh, kids and their honesty! You know, while we were packing up last week to head over to Maui last week before the Hurricane, I asked Buddy if he wanted to pack some more toys in case the power went out. He thought it over for a minute and then said, "nah, if I get bored I'll just play with my ____________(insert male part here)"! Seriously????? I'll be honest, I'm still laughing about his answer....thus I decided I needed to record it for posterity....I'm pretty sure they'll want to know! Heehee, silly boy! In other news, today was another roaster, so we decided to pack up the car and grab every neighbor kid we could find and cool off in the pool!

It was an excellent idea if I do say so myself! So all in all a super fantastic, flabby arms, day!

Hotter than poo....

It's hotter than Hades around here. With no trade winds and no air conditioner at our disposal, we have become VERY good friends with all the local pools.....

I won't complain about that! So all in all a super fantastic, hot hot hot, day!

Maui....wowie!!

I think something weird happened over this past week with all this hurricane business. I'm pretty certain Shane got us lost....

Because somehow we ended smack dab in the middle of a swimming pool in Maui......

Turns out, Maui only manufactures orange inner tubes.....I feel kind of jipped ! After we finished our 2 day lounge about the pool regime, we decided to head back home. This time we decided to cheat our way back and just follow someone (I'm just razzing Shane, he's a good map reader you know!)....

We arrived home just in time to get back to what we're really good at.....

I meant Buddy doing his homework of course! Buddy is super excited about going back to school tomorrow and has asked me to check 3 times in the last hour to make sure that school was really going to be back in session. Sheesh, school, don't you know that you're suppose to be cancelled even when a hurricane isn't headed your way? So all in all a super fantastic, school not cancelled for good weather, day!

Hurry...cane....

Hurricane Iselle is suppose to be hitting the island by Thursday night. We just got the news that school will be  cancelled Thursday and Friday. Let me assure you Buddy is crying in his bed while I type at this very moment...of course, they are tears of joy, but there are tears, nonetheless.  Shane tried to fill up his car with gas....and the local gas station was ALL OUT OF GAS! No worries, he used the gas station that the tourists use, because I'm pretty sure they aren't hunkering down for Armageddon like the local folk. Not expecting much, but preparing for the worst like Scouts always taught me....well, and my dad! When I was in High School, we got hit by hurricane Hugo. The storm was pretty awesome....except for the part where we had no electricity for two weeks, but they still made us go to school. I do believe that not having the ability to see (because it was still dark out) or actually do your hair while being a teenager and then forced into public being surrounded by your peers is just cruel and unusual punishment...Seriously, a lot went into this look....

Almost as much effort as this one...

 Just kidding, Buddy puts way more work into his locks than I ever did....compliments of a perm (pretty certain that brushing your hair is against the perm code of conduct)! So we're going to hunker down, if you don't hear from me for a few days it's because I'm either too lazy, or we've lost internet.....I'll vote now and go with lazy! So all in all a super fantastic, hunkered, day!

School is cool....

Buddy started his first day of fourth grade....

I'm thinking it went pretty well since the teacher gave them a competition to build the tallest tower using only paper, tape and just their left hand. According to Buddy, his team won....although, according to Buddy, he wins everything-so I'm not quite sure that information is accurate. But seriously, I don't think anyone could have a bad school day when you get to enter a competition like that! So all in all a super fantastic, back to school, day!

Revved up...

Tomorrow is Buddy's first day of fourth grade. To say Buddy is really revved up about it.....

would be a BIG FAT LIE!!!!!! So all in all a super fantastic, ugh, day!

Replacements....

Things weren't working out very well with the mouse, so we decided to exchange it for a rat.....

Of course things weren't working out very well because the mouse died last Sunday, and a dead mouse isn't really exciting to watch in it's cage.....definitely not exciting in the roller ball! Thankfully, the rat is a lot more interactive.....hopefully she'll last more than 3 days! So all in all a super fantastic, replaced, day!

Treacherous....

Today the family went parasailing.  Unfortunately, this is the only picture we snapped of the whole event....

Before the crew yelled at us to keep our belongings in the storage compartments.....because, apparently the boat ride was more treacherous than hanging off of a parachute 1200 feet up in the air being pulled by a thin rope? So all in all a super fantastic, living dangerously, day!