Another full day

Completed the Book Badge and the Jewelry Badge today. Now working on the Cooking Badge and probably the Wildlife (plenty of that out here) and maybe the fiber arts one. The kids made giant marshmellow pops and we took one in to grandpa. Brenna learned to use the big mixer and made a peanut butter cream pie which we will have for supper. Gavin put together a chili marinade for chicken. Grandpa will have the honors of grilling it when he gets home. Hannah is going to get the fresh green beans from the garden ready! Ahhh, child labor. This morning early LaVern and I were sharing some "quiet time" together and he must of been reflecting on that grocery bill again. In his words, "Do you suppose we could ask them for child support?" lololol

Badges and Projects

I started my summer by earning a Cub Scout Bear Badge, a gold arrow and two silver arrows. From there it was 7 projects for the Madison County Fair and now it is earning badges for Girl Scouts. Yesterday we worked on the book badge. I have a 10 year old granddaughter who loves to read! She is an avid reader and knows hundreds of authors. Her favorite place to visit when staying at grandma's is our library, with my other grandkids it is the ice cream shop for lemon ice cream! Of course, our librarian loves her and they can discuss books and authors for hours. As part of her book badge, Brenna interviewed the librarian. I had no idea that my librarian was a high school history teacher in Council Bluffs for 37 years!! Brenna has her mind made up that she wants to become a book publisher and a librarian as second choice. I wonder if her parents have any idea. Brenna came home and whipped out that interview in Word and I was in awe. I think there is a 20 something mind in that little girl's body! Truly amazing. I had no idea. I can see a huge difference between her and the other grandkids. Based on that, please turn off those TVs, video games, XBoxes, WIIs and take your kids or grandchildren to the library. Encourage them to read or read to them. When was the last time you picked up a book?

Small Boys....BIG Appetites

We picked up three more grandchildren this afternoon and I'm not sure how we are going to feed them, especially Gavin.....age 6 3/4.
It was supper time when we got home and all were hungry. I made quick pizza "cups" and a banana salad. Gavin ate two pizzas and salad. Then about 5 minutes later he came in and said, "Grandma, can I have some cereal? It's my favorite and I didn't have breakfast today". haha So he had a big bowl of cereal. 5 minutes later, "Grandma, I'm still hungry". Okay, so we had two small helpings of applesauce AND 3 frozen oreo cookies (LaVern's stash). Not much later, "Grandma, I'm STILL hungry". The kid must have a big appetite. So we just finished up with graham crackers with strawberry cream cheese. Will see if that gets him to bedtime.
We had stopped at the grocery store before picking up the kids and $132.00 later (LaVern with a look of shock) I told him maybe we would get through a week with these groceries! After this evening........I'm hoping that we will make it a week! I think I heard some comment from LaVern about if we still had kids at home we would have an "Amish garden" and the kids would be out there tending it!

Fourth of July