Hamsters and Girl Scouts

Jenna is on cloud 9. We decided to buy hamsters for her. Technically she bought the hamsters with the money she saved from doing chores. We got three dwarf robo hamsters she named Whatchamacalit, Fuzzball, and Pebbles. She feeds them and cleans the cage. She is doing a great job of taking care of her little pets.

Crazy willy wonka like hamster cage

Jenna and her hamsters

I know our cats are wondering why we brought mice here to tempt them!

carcassone

 Playing games is something we really enjoy and now that the kids are getting older we have been able to play more games. Matthew will get there but right now he is just an observer.

Speaking of Matthew, he has been CRACKING me up lately. A few things he has said lately:

Me: "Matthew do you think it is hard to make friends?"
Matthew: "You can't make friends. You can make food. You can't cook friends."

Matthew: "I don't want to say the Our Father."
Me: "Matthew the Our Father is a prayer Jesus taught us. It is holy."
Matthew: "I'm going to sew the Our Father up"

(while playing skipbo)
Me: "We need to wait for our turn to draw a card"
Matthew: "Do we have crayons do draw on the card"
Me: "It's a different kind of draw..."

He is also obsessed with his orange pants and Lightning McQueen shirts. He loves Lightning McQueen!

Last Saturday my co-troop leader and I took 13 girls to the 4th grade Camporee. We were there from 7:15am - 10pm. It was a fun yet completely exhausting day. The girls explored caves, did archery, started fires, learned about Indian lore, cooked over a campfire, etc. It was a blast.

Jenna starting a fire

Jenna in a cave

Jenna = Katniss

Jenna and Lauren along with 2 other girls doing archery

 We have a lot of trips and Girl Scout activities in the next month.  It will be a fun time and I'm excited for May. Looking forward to the end of the year too. I can't believe I'll have a 5th grader. How are they growing up so fast?

Jenna, Sarah and friends in the tree