Important Childhood Groups.

  As any parent knows as your child gets older there are certain groups and activities that they can join and be apart of that helps with their social, and creative skills! There are many groups that your child may come home one day and decide he/she wants to join! Some of those groups are 4H, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and MANY MANY others!!! In my opinion I say let them join! It will help them learn to be self controlled adults later in life with all of the many activities they will get to be a part of! I am learning that this year! My son has decided to be in 4H and my girls have decided they want to join the Girl Scouts! I know there will be extra work on top of all the school work and activities but I think in the end they will be much better off for it!


  Monday I find out from Lil man's teacher that there is a 4H project due on Wed at the 4H meeting!! So needless to say we busted butt to get Ayrton's poster ready! We had a LOT of fun doing it. What was even cooler was that we went to his first 4H meeting on Wed and he got to turn in his first project! We got all the project paperwork for upcoming events and that is also going to be lots of fun! This next week they will be working on decorating a pole for the Oktoberfest contest. They will also be doing a float for the parade so I am sure they will be working on that as well. Their theme for the float is 4H Super Heros. The kids will have a blast doing that! Our next big project or should I say projects will be due Nov 30th for the Holiday Festival. With the Holiday Festival the kids get to get creative and make things for any Holiday and turn it in and get ribbons for them. We are going to try to put together a fall and Christmas wreath, make and decorate a stocking, and bake and decorate some sugar cookies:) I am going to have a blast with this because I am VERY crafty!!! Plus he has a speaking project that he has to start working on for this month. I think he will do it over our pet potbelly pig Harry Porker. That sounds like a good topic to start with:)  I can't wait to see how his first year of 4H makes him more responsible with homework in general and how his speaking projects helps him to communicate better with his peers. I believe this will be a fun year for him and I:)

Ayrton's 1st 4H project!

 My girls on the other hand have decided to join Girl Scouts! I attended my first meeting (I forgot about the first one) on Thursday. That was a really cool experience and the girls were excited that I was there! Bri got her shirt, sash and patches this past week and got to wear hers to the meeting and got points for wearing her uniform! Lorelai's hasn't come in yet hopefully it will be in this week so they both can wear them on the float at the Oktoberfest! The girls have been selling candy for their first fundraiser these past 2 weeks and we have to turn that in on Monday. Can't wait to sell the cookies! EVERYONE loves Girl Scout cookies!! The Girl scouts have many activities coming up this next week! They got together today to make the decorations for the pole decorating contest that will take place at the Oktoberfest! Their theme for the pole and the float is 100 years of Girl Scouts cause its the 100th anniversary:) So they are making 2 HUGE birthday cakes, 1 for the pole and 1 for the float:) We got Bri's patches ironed on but they need to be sewed because the sticky stuff didn't hold it. I can already see in the girl's faces that they are having a blast! I can't wait for all the activities that the girls will be able to participate in and add patches to their sashes!

Lorelai's first meeting and pic:)

Cute lil thing they do at each meeting not sure what its called.

Making flowers for the Oktoberfest float

  This is going to be an exciting year for my kiddos and me!!! I also can't wait to share all of their fun times with you! I hope these experiences help mold them into highly functioning adults as they get older. These are the times that us parents enjoy the most and I don't want to miss a second of it! They will only be kids for a while and I want them to enjoy every minute of it:)