Mama On The Move

My son just got back from a scout camping trip with his Boy Scout Troop. This was his first camping trip with this troop since we moved here. I spotted him climbing out of one of the vehicles and walked over to chat about the trip. The man who had been driving the truck from which Ben had just emerged came over to meet me. He said, "Your son is just great! He climbed in the truck, introduced himself to everyone, and got all the boys playing games on the way there. He's really a fine example of a scout!" My first reaction was to say, "No, this is my son right here.....I don't know which boy you are talking about." Actually I didn't say that, I managed to stop the words before they leaped out of my mouth. I did give Ben a "look" and he gave me a huge cheese eating grin. I wanted to tell that scout master that Ben's favorite game to play with his sisters is "Let's See How Much I Can Aggravate You Before You Scream" but I'm as

My kids and I love to watch the show "Ace of Cakes". We DVR every episode and usually find time to watch it together during the day. The cakes they make on the show are amazing works of art! It is amazing to watch them create motorcycles, stadiums, animals, trains, etc. - all completely edible! My youngest daughter (age 7) is absolutely consumed with desire to order a mermaid shaped cake from Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, MD. I've tried explaining to her that (1) a cake from their shop would probably cost hundreds of dollars and frankly, we just can't put that much money into a cake and (2) we live in Kansas , baby! The logistics of getting a cake from there to here in one piece - with all the icing still on it - would be a nightmare (and my husband is a logistician too, so he would know!) So, yesterday, after watching the show, my little Smidgen starts in again coming up with ideas about how she wants "Ace of Cakes" to make her a mermaid cake. Finally,

I've been homeschooling my kids for over 9 years now. While I don't live in California, I have been paying attention to what is happening in the homeschooling community there. My mother happened to call me and mention that Glen Beck had discussed the situation on his show. I looked it up and found a transcript of it. It is absolutely hilarious, and he makes some very good points (pointedly). I'm going to cut and paste it here for your viewing pleasure....... GLENN: (Laughing). Oh, my goodness. California, what are you doing? Recent decision in California does two things. It removes the parent as the primary decision maker as what's best for their own children. You love that. Two, it gives the state the sole power to decide what it is able to teach your children. There are 166,000 students in California alone that are homeschooled. Courts have a long history of telling parents what they have to say or how little they have to say in what is taught in the public classroom.

Okay, this is it. I've finally decided to jump into the world of blogging. My kids already blog and it seems as if half the moms I meet on message boards have links to their blogs. The first thing I notice about blogging is that I mispelled "first" in the title. Let me just fix that real quick...... Mainly, I guess I'm using this as a way to keep track of our lives for my kids. I'm not great about filling out their baby books, and I haven't scrapbooked in almost eight years (since the day my youngest child made her debut in the world). So, if I can manage to do this, they will have something of a record of our days. I'll expand this later, Gotta run. Time to pick up my son from youth group!