at 01/11/12 1:29AM
Yes, I know it's January, but it took a while to get the
Star Wars pictures done (I had to learn how to do light sabres, for one thing).
at 02/14/11 5:58PM
Robbie had his first Pinewood Derby. I learned that things are taken a little more seriously now than they were when I was a Cub Scout. Computerized tracks, scales out to the 100th of an ounce.....a little crazy, especially considering how relaxed the Pack is about practically everything else. But when it comes to racing, we're serious!
Robbie did well, taking 2nd in the Tiger Division, and 3rd Overall. Not bad for a rookie! (Pictures
here )
They had an Outlaw division for the dads to do absurd things to their cars (no weight limit). One guys car was nothing but a sliver of wood (to attach the wheels) and as much weight as he could get on it, which included a railroad spike and pieces of re-bar. It weighed 1 lb. 9 oz.!!!!!! Crazy thing was that it wasn't THAT much faster. In fact one of the Scout's regulation cars had some times just as fast as that piece of nonsense!
Favorite Dad's design had to go to the Rubik's Cube!
at 11/15/10 8:01AM
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Ok, so I'm lazy, and facebook makes posting pictures much easier. Supposedly anybody can see them
here:
Let me know (and you know who you are) if non-facebook members can or can't see them.
Mom, you should be able to click the link up above (where it says, "here:"). That's their claim, anyway.
at 04/26/10 5:43PM
Got to take Robbie to the Men's Retreat this year, if only for Friday night. We had a grand time, even if he wouldn't try the zipline. Maybe next year. And yes, I was too chicken to try the Polk Salad...or is that too sane? The smell of that stuff burned my nostrils!
When we got back, Traci asked Robbie what we ate, and he gave a marvelous, manly response: "Meat, meat, and more meat!!"
That's my boy!
at 04/05/10 1:45PM
So much for fun times at the grandparents....
We went to Sulphur Springs this weekend to see my folks, and Robbie and Kalli were going to stay a couple of days more after Traci and I left.
Great plan on paper.
What we didn't account for was the fact that Robbie is allergic to Sulphur Springs in the springtime. We should have remembered that from the last time we went up there in springtime, but we didn't.
This time it was worse. Our red car was green from all the pollen, and Robbie was coughing and wheezing all night. We finally decided that we needed to get him out of there.
Robbie protested that he didn't want to leave. "But son," I said, "you're miserable."
...cough cough wheeze cough "I AM NOT MISERABLE!" cough cough....
We left about noon on Saturday.
Poor kid.
Martha, I wouldn't have it any other way!