Happy Campers

This past weekend we held a family camp out at my Dad's lake property for David's Boy Scout troop.  I wasn't looking forward to it because we have so many things going on right now, but it turned out to be a really nice time. The weather was perfect for camping!

Dances and Dinners (February Recap, Part Un)

Wow! What a month! February is normally a busy month for us but this year there was even more to it!

The first event of the month was the Daddy-Daughter Dance that no one wanted to go to! Emi will be too old for the next one and I doubt I will ever again get Aubri to wear another dress so I had to nudge everyone into going. I think they had a good time.

Derbying It Up

World Thinking Day 2010

Emi's troop participated in World Thinking Day 2010. We represented Peru and the girls looked so adorable in their hats! 500 girls in the high school gym trying to visit each country's booth, sample the wares and get their "passports" stamped was quite a feat. The noise was deafening at times. Our booth was a very popular booth because we were giving out samples (shots) of Inca Kola which is fortified with much sugar and caffeine.


Emi stamping another scout's passport..

It was a long weekend of scouting activities (not to mention family visits)...more pics posted here.

Cookie Commitment

Emi and I hung out in front of Hastings and sold Girl Scout cookies for 3 hours. It was cold and misting the whole time but we are about 100 boxes closer to our goal and our feet DID finally thaw out...(bright side)

I Can't Wait (but I did)

So we finally had that Girl Scout meeting to learn about Peruvian culture and prepare for World Thinking Day 2010. I showed the girls how to make a traditional Peruvian Cebiche and we roasted Cancha (Canchita?) Corn.

The girls sampled (and re-sampled) Inca Kola. We watched a video about Peru and each girl perused Peruvian books to find out the capital, the population and also a bit about poverty in Peru. This year the theme for WTD focuses on ending poverty and hunger.

Also, my new shoes (not to be confused with Nu Shooz which is also a good thing) were delivered today!

I think I'm in LOVE!

Phil "Fest" 2009

We had a very full day at our house today as we hosted a troop meeting to help the girls earn their cooking badges. For 2 hours we went over the Philippine culture - complete with a slide show of pics from my sister's trip to PI last year, authentic Filipiana and Barong clothing, artwork, music (Jazzapino by Charmaine Clamor) and lots of good food! The girls sampled some fried lumpia and made Chicken Adobo for the main course and Halo-Halo for dessert. They played Sungka (just like Mancala) and learned a few phrases in Tagalog. Was a very educational meeting for all (including me) and our house only smelled like lumpia and adobo for a FEW days after...

Eating Halo-Halo (which means "mix-mix" in tagalog)