Survivor Blue and Gold

Last night was our Blue and Gold Banquet. The theme was Survivor. I got to be in charge of decorations. We had three main projects. The waterfall wall. The palm tree balloons. The bulletin boards with masks, vines and leaves.

The waterfall was a rather large undertaking. But it turned out awesome. I took large yard refuse bags and cut them open. All the paper on this wall cost $1.88! The waterfall was made of 2 blue tablecloths overlaid with blue mesh ribbon. (The sky was a bonus from the YW activity the night before!)

Look at this awesome tiki blow-up borrowed from a scout leader. For dinner we had chicken kabobs, rice and fruit kabobs.

Actually, there were a few other projects I forgot about that I did with the boys previously. I went to den meetings and with the boys we planted grass, made a poster board, and made Message in a Bottle invitations.

They also made these tiki masks!

I didn't really take a good picture of the tables. They were a modge podge of leftover napkins, utencils, table cloths and cups. We were being resourceful and using what was on hand! For the centerpiece there was the tiki grass cups, these Survivor keepsake blocks and glow sticks (for the arrow of light slideshow).

This was the award tree. I originally thought I would put fish in the waterfall, but that waterfall was precarious and not sturdy enough. We stapled the plastic baggies with awards inside the leaves and taped them to the tree. The boys enjoyed pulling their names off the tree.

Ryan earned two beltloops: science and pet care.

 Cake decorating with the Survivor Theme.

 Ryan had bugs and rock candy on his cake.

 Alex was the Senior Patrol leader for the 11 year old scouts, for a whole week before turning 12. He got to do his duty and help with the Crossover Ceremony.

It took 6 hours (half the night before) to get this room finished. But it looked awesome and the boys enjoyed playing with the balloons afterwards. A great night.

Feb stuff

 Device, device, who has a device?

 100th Day of School. Macey had 100 pearls sewn on her hat. The left is Megan and right is Oliver. Two of Macey's best buddies. I sneak-ed up to school to watch the kinder parade the school in their hats.

 Macey's class.

 Ryan and Asher. Going on 3 years as best friends. Here they are at scouts.

And here they are using Ryan's grappling hook. Fun to be a boy!

Missed stuff from December 2014

 Up on the House Top children's paws...

 Texas gingerbread cookies.

 Macey at DMCO rehearsal. It was a crazy night getting all the comings and goings worked out before concert day.

 Pippen was caught icing our gingerbread Ninjas!

 Macey taped the reindeer antlers to her door and was using a clown nose to 'tape the nose on the reindeer'. Who needs actual toys?

 Happy, Happy Birthday! We decided to give him his 'bed gift' on the day of his party. Too bad it was too big to fit on his bed! This is an electric sparking Razor scooter.

 Ryan chose to have a party at Strikz, which is a bowling and arcade place.

 Sure, we don't take many pictures in the chapel, but look how cute she is!

2 star General Thurgood and his son, a helicopter pilot for the Army, put on a Pack Meeting demonstration. It was awesome.

Ryan in Iraqi gear.

 Alex has switched soccer teams and QUIT basketball to play on their winter indoor team. I haven't seem him play yet because games are ALWAYS after Macey's bedtime, but I hear our boy is great.

Awesome to have your name on the school Marquee.

 Awesome to have a reason for dad to take your picture too.

1st Degree Brown Belt! Hallelujah! Next belt will be BLACK!

The boys (and parents) have a leaf raking business. $20 and you could watch someone else rake your leaves. They have made good money. The hard part has been how to spend it!

This is Alex's 6th grade band. Alex is trumpet. His section is under the left basketball hoop.

Macey Jane on concert day. Do you know that her kindergarten teacher, Mrs Ellis, rode with our family downtown to watch sister perform? She is awesome, just like sister!

Cool yard sculpture at Meyerson Center.

I thought I should throw these in too since it was a big deal!

Macey's Christmas Concert

I just found the pictures from Macey's Christmas concert with DMCO. We weren't allowed to take pictures during the performance, but there was a professional photographer there.