You know I am the Wolf Den leader in our Cub Scout Pack. Most packs do a day camp and ours started today. We all met at the church early this morning and then we drove to Camp Frontier. Not gonna lie, I was not very excited about this adventure.
But we arrived unscathed and even though it was hot and dusty, it was marginally fun.
Our counselor really enjoyed harassing our Den Chief (who happened to be Sport) because he was too worried about being cool to enjoy spending time with the boys.
At one point the counselor asked him to help with the obstacle course and he ran it in record "slow" time as you can see from him sitting on that overly large tire.
It wasn't until later when I congratulated Sport on fixing his attitude that he confessed that this 17-year-old counselor who makes all of $2.35/hour paid him a dollar to help him!
OK, maybe we had some fun other than that, and it's a good thing I feel that way, because I'm going back again tomorrow.
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Then my sweetie reminded me we didn't have a BBQ with a close-down lid anymore. Since the rack was already on its way, I was worried about how I was going to fill my obligation to write an honest review for you.
That's when my sweetie suggested we talk with The Beast to see if he and Beauty would be willing to try it out for us. They recently bought a new drum smoker and they were loving the way it cooked everything up so nice. They use it every weekend to make enough chicken for the whole week for recipes and salads, but The Beast had never done ribs in it before, so he was happy to try it out for us.
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Today was a laundry day. Due to the joy of apartment living, I often go back to Mom's house to do our laundry for cost effectiveness. After putting in the clothes, I took a load off on the couch to check on the status of my Pokemon. Baby Doll was running around doing crazy stuff and when I looked up she was standing in front of me, wearing a helmet and a My Little Pony dress, and she said, "I need adult supervision."
"Who says that?!?" Remember, she's 5.
"I do. I need to ride my 2-wheeler bike and I need adult supervision while I'm doing it."
Hesitant, but wanting to be a nice sister I said, "Okaaaaay... but don't you think you should put on pants before you ride a bike? I rode a bike in a dress while I was a missionary and it was hard."
She walked away and I went back to throwing Pokeballs.
"I GUESS I'LL NEVER LEARN TO RIDE A BIKE!"
Well, that escalated quickly. "Baby Doll, why aren't you going to learn?"
"Because I can't find any pants, so I guess I won't learn."
"All right," I said, "Let's go outside and learn. You can wear a dress. It's fine."
Folks, we headed outside at 2:40 PM and we walked back inside with a successful bike rider at 3:35. Less than an hour for that girl to learn to ride a bike. The experience was extremely enjoyable for me. I love teaching and I love when the student wants to learn. Granted her primary motivation was that, "Curly will be so shocked to see this!" I taught her how to pedal, balance, and even fall down gracefully. After she had ridden on her own three times, I asked her if there was anything else she wanted me to teach her.
"Well, I should probably learn how to pump the tire, because what if you aren't here and only Scout is babysitting me and I need to pump my tire?"
I don't think anyone could ever consider that this girl needs BABYsitting ever again. She is a small, yet intelligent adult.
In case y'all are wondering, this 25-year-old is pretty pro at Pokemon. So I guess I am a large, yet intelligent child.
We ended our Staycation with an all-day trip to Lagoon. The kids mostly loved the rides except for Curly who was 1 inch too tall for all the kiddie rides and Scout who, like me, suffers from motion sickness.
So wet
OK, so I thought I was so smart. When we first got there I took a Dramamine left over from our trip back east, then I got on the White Roller Coaster. When I didn't die, I figured I was good. then we went over to the log ride and after 3 times down Rattlesnake Rapids, we were all soaked and having a great time.
Crafty and I walked out to the van to bring in lunch while the kids and my sweetie dried off in the sun. When we got back, we all shared sandwiches and chips. Then the kids wanted to go on the Tidal Wave and that sounded fun.
Drying off in the sun
Bad idea.
Very bad idea.
The first time we dropped, I thought I would lose my lunch. It was all I could do to keep it together. When I finally got off the ride, I had to sit. I've always had problems with motion sickness, but it had gotten less severe as I have gotten older. Or so I thought.
We let the kids go on rides and my sweetie and I joined them on some and sat during others. By 9:30 we had been there for more than 10 hours and I was ready to go. We ate dinner in the van on the way home and by the time we got here, all the little ones were asleep.
We got in the house and the floors are absolutely beautiful! I started pulling off tape and paper and wiping things down. It was 2:00 AM before I crawled into bed and then I couldn't sleep. Today came way too early. It's also Cow Appreciation Day and you still have time to get to Chick Fil A for your free food if you wear a cow costume of sorts. The kids all went for lunch. I ate the toffee Princess brought me from Disneyland and a salad to neutralize the sugar.
You know I am the Wolf Den leader in our Cub Scout Pack. Most packs do a day camp and ours started today. We all met at the church early this morning and then we drove to Camp Frontier. Not gonna lie, I was not very excited about this adventure.
But we arrived unscathed and even though it was hot and dusty, it was marginally fun.
It wasn't until later when I congratulated Sport on fixing his attitude that he confessed that this 17-year-old counselor who makes all of $2.35/hour paid him a dollar to help him!
