Easter and what it brings.

The Cisco Kid had his day full. He woke up to a large Easter basket full of toys and candy. He immediately started digging into the candy. He spent hours looking through his basket for all the little cheesy Easter toys. Then he came to the big egg. We told him that egg was not from the Easter Bunny but it was from us. He opened the egg and he started to scream and jump around giving us multiple hugs each. He got an iPod Touch. Now he can listen to his music, watch movies, play games, take pictures, take movies and download apps. One of the apps he loves to check in on is the weather app. He woke up this morning and opened up his  iPod and checked what the weather will be for the day. Next he is going to be just like his dad and check the news every morning.

Later that morning we had our friends come over and have a Easter Egg hunt then we ate dinner.  After dinner the kids went in the pool. 

All our friends arrived and the kids are having fun. 

The dessert table.  Since the Chief has to watch his sugar I made sure there were some guilty pleasures for him.  Sugar free cup cakes with sugar free icing and sugar free bread pudding.   

The Menu

Main Course

Ham

Roast Beef and brown gravy

Scalloped potatoes

Creamed Spinach

Glazed carrots

Fresh veggie tray

Salad

My Easter bread

Sandy’s Deviled eggs

Kimberly’s baked beans

Dessert

Easter Bunny cake

Cheese cake with blueberry & strawberry toppings

bread pudding

Easter cookies

Pool

It was a wonderful Easter spending it with friends. We enjoyed the company and conversations.

Thank you so much to Kimberly and Tony and Sandy and Dick for bringing The Cisco Kid a special gift bag filled with Easter goodies. Also thank you for the wonderful beans and eggs. Loved them!

I can't forget about all the wonderful pictures you both took. 

Thank you.

   

 

A fun craft with the Cub Scouts

Finding things to do with my second grade Cub Scout Den is hard because they still love to do crafts but they are no longer interested in the simple crafts. They are at the age where they want to experiment with building and seeing how things work. I was racking my brain last week on what would be great for them to make and wouldn't break the bank. I searched the web for Kaleidoscopes and found so many different was to make them. I took bits and pieces from several videos and put them to use on what I thought would be a great Kaleidoscope.  

Materials needed for one kaleidoscope:

1 inch PVC pipe. 6 inches long
1 piece of silver cardboard paper. 3 inches by 6 inches
1 piece of black construction paper. This will make 11-2 inch circles out of this one sheet.
Colored pieces of beads, confetti, pearls, etc. Amount depends on how many kaleidoscopes you make.
Small smoky cups. 2 cups needed for each kaleidoscope.
Hole punch
Scissors
Ruler
Crease tool
Pencil
Tape  

1, I started with a 1 inch PVC pipe, cut into six inch length.

2, Cut the 2 inch circle out of the black construction paper and punch a hole in the center large enough to see though.

3, Take the 3 inch by 6 inch silver paper and crease it lengthwise with the creasing tool. Crease it twice spacing of 1 inch. Once you have it creased fold it with the silver side on the inside and put it in the PVC pipe.

4, Tape the black circle to one end of the PVC piece.

5, Take one cup and trace the PVC pipe on the bottom and cut the circle out of the cup.

6, Take the other cup and full it half way with your colored pieces.

7, Using a hot glue gun, glue the PVC pipe to the cup with the hole.

8, Hot glue the cup with the colored pieces to the cup with the hole.

 Your kaleidoscope is ready for a special viewing.

This fulfilled all the boy's creativity and building needs. They loved all the different colors they were able to make with their Kaleidoscopes. The total cost to make eleven kaleidoscopes was fifteen dollars.

Spring Break

A week has gone by and it has been a very relaxing Spring Break. It is not often we just get to stay home and enjoy doing nothing, any real plans for anything special. We decided to do what we wanted at the very last minute. We only made plans to do something three out of nine days. Monday we went to the Zoo with some friends. Yes!!! We did go to the Zoo with the class trip. This time we were able to get in and see Dino Alive. Then on Wednesday we went to a new museum called Pirate & Treasure Museum with some friends. The collection is one mans treasures that he has been collecting over the past thirty years. The museum is very kid friendly with all kinds of hands on experiences. A few of the experiences are: Hunt for treasures. Computer touch screens for finding items in the story that reviles the large treasure.  The kids were able to shoot off cannons. The best part was the Pirate that walked around the medium. The kids were so excited to go through the museum and see everything. They ran through it in about a half hour. At the end we decided to go back and see it more slowly. When we were walking back through, the Pirate gave us a personal tour and explained so much of the museum. He had all of us glued to his every word.

All the dinosaurs move and make sounds. Some squirt water.

The boys are in a trap.  DINNER!!! 

In the gift shop and in a play area they have dinosaurs where they kids can worked the mechanics and see how they move.

Replica dinosaur bones are also on display.

Map of the Museum.

 Our last activity for Spring break is today and we are going to see the movie Hop.