Long weekend fun

Lucas finished his week of being Star Student by bringing Walter the Wildcat home for the long President's Day weekend. Poor Walter's adventures get chronicled in a notebook that travels with him and in the last six months, his nose has been bitten off by two different family dogs! I'm sure he reveled in the chaos that is our house knowing at least he would not have to fight off any animals. 

We hosted Sarah's Girl Scout troop meeting where the girls earned their "My Best Self" badge. They presented colorful drawings of themselves and five things that made each of them happy. They tried new foods - beets, salmon, tangelos and pomegranate juice.

They learned about different kinds of bandages and listened to Dr. Gonzales (a neighbor who is the kids' dentist) talk about the amount of sugar in foods and proper brushing techniques!

On Monday, we went to our friend Pam's house for lunch and a sweet treat: chocolate fondue! The kids had fun dipping marshmallows, pretzels, fruit and Girl Scout cookies in chocolate. after initially poo-pooing the idea, Lucas even requested we do it again at our house!

Pam gave me a belated birthday gift that has me howling with laughter. A parody of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, this cookbook is written from the viewpoint of a submissive chicken and it is hilarious!