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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Races and ball games and all sorts of Kansas-y stuff

Last night was the Pinewood Derby for Scouts. Alex raced as part of his pack and Daniel raced in the Outlaw class (non-Scouts). Neither of of them placed, but they had a great time and it was a great experience for them. After the races were over, we spent the night there as a "camp out" - which consisted of tents set up in the church basement and boys staying up until way after midnight.

But they had a blast.

Putting the finishing touches on his car.

Very proud of his first car.
(That's not dirt on his face. That's chapped skin.
Gross. I know.)
He had to show off his toy too.

Our very own indoor tent city.


Basketball games on zero sleep.

Kansas Day is coming in a few days, which is the anniversary of the day that the state became....well, a state. A local museum had some festivities to celebrate, and since I only had Daniel today we took full advantage and went and spent a few hours playing around.

We're sunflowers!

Beanbag toss.

Using an antique tool to make a mess.

Making box turtles out of egg cartons.

Of course I found a quilt. Duh.

Ooooohhhhhhhh.....

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.....
I so wish I had the patience to do this.

Using an old-fashioned gadget to get
the kernels off of the cob.

Making real kettle corn.

Feeding the goats.

Ready to work!

He loved that popcorn!!!

Oh, lookie! Another quilt!

And we got to take a wagon ride.
This is only a small fraction of the pictures that I took over the past 24 hours. I took so many that I literally killed the battery in my camera and couldn't take any more until I got home and got it charged up again. Ooops.

After we got done there, we grabbed a bite to eat and then came home - and Daniel promptly fell asleep in my lap at about 5:30. I fully expect him to just sleep right through the night. Of course, I might have dozed off a bit while I was sitting here at the computer too......kind of odd to have the house this quiet so early in the evening. But I'm definitely not complaining.

8 comments:

  1. That fancy stitch is one I recognize. My great-grandma used to do that on patchwork pillows she would make for us. I wish I still had mine but I wore it out many years ago.

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    1. Those old hand-crafted quilts and pillows are amazing, aren't they? I could do the stitching - I know how - I just don't have the time or the patience.

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  2. Don't worry about the chapped skin. My youngest son has it all the time. It'll go away. I use homemade lip balm on Bird's chapped skin.

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    1. I just keep smearing chapstick on him all the time, and it definitely helps. He sucks his thumb too (when he's tired) and that DOESN'T help. But it's getting better, slowly.

      I'm curious about the homemade lip balm though....

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  3. Looks like the two of you had a great time!
    The sunflower picture is adorable.

    M :)

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  4. THIS JUST MAY BE MY FAVORITE POST SO FAR. THAT LITTLE ONE OF YOURS IS JUST ABOUT THE SWEETEST LITTLE GUY EVER.

    GRANNY

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