March 2011

What a wonderfully eventful month!! We're kind of starting backwards here, but #2 left cub scouts and officially "crossed over" to become an 11 year old Boy Scout. Before he did, he got the Super Webelos award, meaning he earned every achievement badge possible as a Webelos scout.
#3 is constantly adding to his badges, arrow
#5 LOVES to camp, so we even fit in a family campout--plus one of #1's friends came so that it could be counted toward the camping merit badge.
Dad took the 3 oldest boys to Guadelupe River Park. They had an absolute blast. I think I'm most jealous of the time spent in their canoes.
But they also got to tour Natural Bridge Caverns. We want to go back soon because part was closed for renovations during their visit.
That trip was when we learned that #3 can sleep like a pretzel.
The only thing we can imagine that might outdo a visit from Gram is a visit from Gram AND a cousin or two!
Oops--back to the Spring Break trip. :) They also went on a wildlife safari and got to see a wildlife preserve with deadly snake and big cats and such.
This is how Gram spends most of her time when she's with us. We call this the ET. Remember when he hides in the closet amidst a million stuffed animals? That's pretty much what it looks like every time she sits down.
The legos eventually covered the entire floor of the room when they got them all dumped out.
We celebrated #2 turning 11 during the visit by going to "Mars Needs Moms" and coming home for some jumping and ice cream bars.


I absolutely LOVED this show. So much fun! The boys got tired, so we left at intermission. I was a little bummed, but hey, this year they made it all the way through the ABBA tribute show and the vote was unanimous to stay!
This is fabulous art work from #3 describing the time Gumby the hedgehog darted up his pant leg.
This art work is #4's version of Plants VS. Zombies.
More time at the zoo for #5 and his best friend, Camo.
This is after our Photography merit badge workshop. Thanks to Anne for teaching!!


This was our Primary activity--don't ask. :)

This was Michael's pre-UIL band concert. I am continually amazed by these talents!

Out of Order...January 2011

#2 scouts
#2 basketball

February 2011

Funny that I'm doing this, but it's important to me (and probably just me (: ), so here goes the review...We won tickets to a Monster truck rally, so Mike took #1, 4, and 5 while I attended a pack meeting with #2 and 3. Very successful night all around! How often does one get to count man pony tails, mullets, and handlebar mustaches using TWO hands??

We love having friends over and doing crafts. I think I still enjoy it as much as the boys do.
#1 helped lead a court of honor, fulfilling a requirement for one of his merit badges.
#1 also completed his Art merit badge (with mom as counselor). Really impressed with the project!
#5 once again injures that rock noggin'. I'm sad just looking at this again. :(
A leaf colored #4 performs in his First Grade Program.
More friends! More crafts!
#3 made this beautiful trifle...and several others of experimental flavors that all turned out delectable
This is one of our Art merit badge workshops with Emily Bushman, a professional artist and art teacher leading the effort. Thank you, Emily!!!
This just cracked me up. I think I even called my mom to read it to her. I think it may be funnier to hear without the pictures.
Every once in a while, Mike treats us all to cocoa in the park. #4 is the extremely proud first bike rider of the LeBaron clan, so heading to the park is a serious favorite with him.

We got to take Miss Camo to lunch for her birthday! We met up with Dad at his work cafeteria.
Just love this picture.
Dad did more basketball coaching. Can you spot curly #3?
I held the snake. Then there was a sudden snake and the snake tensed as if getting ready to strike. I still get made fun of for the response this experience evoked. :)
#2 cut his own hair. WOW.


As an aside, I love Pop Rocks. I have just finished FOUR packs of them while creating this post. Pretty sure that means 12 more posts tonight are not a good idea... :)

Pine Wood Derby

Mom's Pine Wood Derby car.
Thanks, Dad, for making it so cool. It matched the cool shirt Adam and Ann sent her way.Our pack had several super cool cars--including Gru's car from Despicable me, a couple of Hershey bars, and some ice cream bars.
Noah's and Caleb's were super sleek and shiny. Noah won the certificate for "The Spiciest" car. Caleb won the certificate for "The Slickest" car. Mom won the certificate for "The Best Food Storage Item."
Even though Caleb had to miss almost half (of his very last PWD!) for a basketball game, it was a total blast!

So I calculated: 6 more Pine Wood Derby years in a row. Then that handsome cubmaster in the background of the picture above can continue to emcee, but the pressure's off!! :)